Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) President Michael Van Praag is pictured after the CONMEBOL ordinary congress in Luque March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno
ASUNCION (Reuters) - Michael van Praag hopes to win South America’s support in the FIFA presidential election despite the region’s endorsement of incumbent Sepp Blatter, he said on Wednesday.
Van Praag was in Paraguay’s capital for the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) congress, the first stop on the campaign trail for the four candidates in the May 29 election to decide the most influential position in football.
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