 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna 1987, Maifredi akagadzwa semutungamiriri weSerie B Bologna, pasi pemutungamiri wekirabhu Luigi Corioni. Munguva yemwaka wake mitatu neBologna, maitiro ake ekurwisa ekutamba akaratidza kuve anoshanda kwazvo; mushure mekujoinha timu, akabatsira kirabhu kuhwina mukombe weSerie B uye kuwana kukwidziridzwa kuSerie A mumwaka wake wekutanga, uye akazo batsira timu kudzivirira kudzikiswa mumwaka wake wechipiri., uye gare gare vanokodzera UEFA Cup muna 1990. 