France Frenzy

By AP - Jun 18,2014 - Last updated at Jun 18,2014

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Anderson Goncalves Rodrigues was probably the only person not busy rooting for Brazil.

Screaming with delight, waving his green jersey above his head, he ran wild-eyed and whooping.

He had just had his jersey signed by France striker Olivier Giroud and midfielder Paul Pogba at Tuesday's training, where around a dozen or so fans were invited to attend the otherwise closed-doors session.

He didn't even mind that Brazil was playing Mexico at exactly the same time as France was training at Botafogo's Santa Cruz stadium in Ribeirao Preto.

"I don't care if I missed the Brazilian game," he said through a translator. "I would have waited for the French players outside, but the security let me in. And now I have an autograph from Pogba!"

As it turns out, he didn't miss a great deal, anyway, because Brazil was held 0-0 by Mexico.

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