 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kukunda kwavo Scudetto muna 1996, Milan yakadzikira zvakanyanya kubva ipapo, ichipedza yechi11 muna 1997uye chechigumi muna 1998, sezvo basa raRossi pachake rakaderera ndokumuona achirwisana naMassimo Taibi nokuda kwenzvimbo yokutanga. Mumutambo wechi17 wemwaka wa19981999, Milan yaive ichitungamira A.C. Perugia Calcio 20 pavakatambira chirango chekupedzisira. Mushure mokunge Hidetoshi Nakata atendeutsa bhora racho, mumwe wake Cristian Bucchi akarohwa necheshure naRossi paaidzorera bhora kubva kumashure kweneti. Rossi akadzingwa uye gare gare akarangwa nokurambidzwa mitambo mishanu. 