{"id":15692,"date":"2026-11-12T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/padelli-defends-okoye-amid-udineses-struggles\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T09:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:00:52","slug":"padelli-defends-okoye-amid-udineses-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/padelli-defends-okoye-amid-udineses-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Padelli Defends Okoye Amid Udinese\u2019s Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Udinese goalkeeper Daniele Padelli has come to the defence of teammate Maduka Okoye following growing criticism of the Nigerian international amid the club\u2019s difficult season.<\/p>\n<p>Okoye has faced intense scrutiny over his recent performances for the Zebras, having conceded 25 goals and recorded just one clean sheet in the current campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Padelli: Okoye Has Become a Scapegoat<\/h3>\n<p>However, Padelli believes Okoye is being unfairly singled out for the team\u2019s struggles, insisting that individual players should not bear the blame for collective shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/serie-a-okoye-concedes-five-as-udinese-fall-to-roma\/\">Serie A: Okoye Concedes Five As Udinese Fall To Roma<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn these situations, you look for a scapegoat. It\u2019s happened to everyone, it happened to me too. Against Venezia, however, the most decisive goalkeeper for the result was Stankovic,\u201d Padelli told TV 12, as quoted on <a href=\"http:\/\/Udinese.it\">Udinese\u2019s<\/a> official website.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Italian goalkeeper also stressed the importance of building a collective team identity rather than focusing on individual mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to build a team identity, not focus on individuals. If they score, you struggle mentally, the spaces open up even more, and you struggle more and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not doing everything poorly; we\u2019ve created some things, but the ball is now very important. If the team isn\u2019t playing well, even the individuals struggle. We need to get out of this moment of mental fragility; we need a breath of fresh air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Udinese goalkeeper Daniele Padelli has come to the defence of teammate Maduka Okoye following growing criticism of the Nigerian international amid the club\u2019s difficult season. Okoye has faced intense scrutiny&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}