MANAMA, May 1 (Reuters) - What price the position of Asian Football Confederation vice president? For India's Praful Patel, it meant ensuring more fixtures and playing opportunities for arch-rivals Pakistan.
Patel was elected unopposed as the AFC VP from the seven-nation South Asia (SAFF) block in Bahrain on Thursday after Pakistan's soccer head Faisal Saleh Hayat withdrew in the final hours.
With Pakistan, who played only two matches in 2014, knocked out of joint 2018 World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup qualifying in the first round by Yemen they faced a long spell in the international wilderness.