 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva ye200001 Serie A mwaka, Dida aiva pakati pevatambi vakawanda, kusanganisira Juan Sebastián Verón, Álvaro Recoba, uye ipapo-ramangwana Milan teammate Cafu, avo vakanga vanobatanidzwa mukukwikwidza kwechikwata chinosanganisira mapasipoti eEurope. Dida akabatana neMilan nepasipoti yechiPutukezi kuti awane chinzvimbo cheEU, sezvo Milan yakanga yatosangana nemuganhu wavo wevatambi vasiri veEU panguva iyoyo naAndriy Shevchenko, Serginho, uye mutambi wepakati weCroatia Zvonimir Boban. Zvisinei, zvichitevera kuongorora kwakarongeka kwakaratidza kuti gwaro racho rakanga risiri pamutemo, Milan yakakurumidza kumunyoresazve semutambi asiri weEU. Muna June 2001, Italian Football Federation yakabhadhara kirabhu 314,000 uye yakarambidza Dida kubva muligi kwegore rimwe, nepo FIFA yakapa kurambidzwa kwegore kubva pakutamba kwenyika. Milan akamukweretesa kudzokera kuKorinde kwegore ra2001-02 zvichienderana nekumiswa kweligi. Musi waApril 3, 2003, pashure pokuoneka mudare muMilan, Dida akatongerwa kugara mujeri kwemwedzi minomwe achingomiswa basa. 