 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1997, basa raZambrotta reSerie A rakatanga apo kugona kwake kukuru kwakaonekwa nemubati weBari Eugenio Fascetti. Zambrotta akabatwa naFascetti mushure mekunge Bari akunda kukwidziridzwa kuSerie A. Akaita Serie A yake yekutanga musi wa31 Nyamavhuvhu 1997 mukukunda 2-0 kumba kuParma, uye mugore rake rekutangamumutambo mukuru, akatamba ari kuruboshwe uye akarova zvibodzwa zviviri mumitambo makumi maviri nenomwe. Mumwaka wa199899, zvichitevera kuenda kwaNicola Ventola, Zambrotta akaputika pachiitiko. Mumutambo wezuva rokutanga, akarova chibodzwa bedzi chomutambo wacho kurwisana neVenezia pashure pemaminiti mapfumbamwe chete muhafu yokutanga. Zambrotta akaramba achipenya uye aive munhu akakosha wekutanga kushamisika kwaBari kumushandirapamwe, achiratidza hunyanzvi hwake hwehunyanzvi nehungwaru hwemaitiro uye kugona kuita zvinhu zvakawanda. Pazuva rechinomwe, akahwina chibodzwa chekutanga kuSan Siro uye akabatsira Bari kuhwina mutambo 32 vachipesana neInternazionale. 