Welcome to my Serie A team of the month where I will pick the players who have stood out in the last five weeks.  There were five games played over that period and here are the players who made the biggest impact.

GK - Mattia Perin (Genoa) 21 years old
At some point Gianluigi Buffon is going to step aside from playing international football and Perin is definitely a contender to take his place.  He hasn't been capped yet but has been in the squad and if they are looking for another long term goalkeeper, Perin is the man.  He conceded just 2 goals this month and kept 3 clean sheets.

RB - Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria) 25 years old
De Silvestri has been in great form for Sampdoria this month.  He has played right back, right wing back and right midfield this year and hasn't looked out of place.

LB - Archimede Morleo (Bologna) 30 years old
Morleo is another full back who has played everywhere down the left side for his team and he has been in impressive form this month helping his side to some good results, particularly the 3-0 away win against Cagliari.

CB - Daniele Portanova (Genoa) 34 years old
The Genoa defence has been in great form this month and Portanova has been the stand out performer.  As good as he was defensively he also made his mark in attack scoring in the victory over Verona.

CB - Dario Dainelli (Chievo) 34 years old
Dainelli missed the start of the season due to injury but he came back this month and starred at the heart of a Chievo defence that kept 4 clean sheets.  The only goal they conceded was in the 1-0 defeat to Roma and even then they made Roma work for that win and Dainelli has been the key man.

CM - Esteban Cambiasso (Inter) 33 years old
Cambiasso is a class act and he has been in top form this month.  Cambiasso has never been a flashy player but as far as defensive midfielders go, there's not many better than him.

CM - Ricardo Alvarez (Inter) 25 years old
Alvarez was thriving in a more attacking role earlier in the season but he hasn't let the deeper position hold him back and he scored 2 goals and assisted on one as Inter went undefeated throughout the month.

CM - Kaka (AC Milan) 31 years old
Many people questioned this move but Kaka is rolling back the years and has been one of the shining lights in a disappointing season for MIlan.  He scored 3 goals this month and looks to be getting his career back on track.

RF - Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) 19 years old
Berardi has been as good as anyone in Serie A this month and looks like a fantastic prospect at just 19 years old.  He is contracted to Juventus but has been loaned back to Sassuolo and the experience seems to working wonders for him.

LF - Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Fiorentina) 25 years old
The month didn't start well for Cuadrado with a red card against Napoli but he has come back well after the suspension and was particularly impressive against Sampdoria and Verona.

CF - Fernando Llorente (Juventus) 28 years old
Although his team mate, Carlos Tevez, was also very impressive this month, Llorente gets the nod as he has proven his worth this month after a slow start in Turin.  He didn't get much game time early on but he is taking his chance and got 3 goals and 2 assists this month.    

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Gerry Johnston
Cover Spanish and Italian football for VAVEL UK.