Quaresma: Ronaldo is the only person I admire in football

Ricardo Quaresma has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo as the main individual in football he respects after Portugal's Euro 2016 triumph.

Quaresma supplanted Ronaldo in the primary portion of the last against France after the skipper endured a knee damage.

The Real Madrid star re-rose up out of the changing area to energize his fellow team members from the sidelines, be that as it may, and Eder's objective in additional time secured a 1-0 win and the trophy.

"Indeed, even with the injury [Ronaldo] never halted, he generally bolstered the group and that is the reason I say, not pretty much as a companion, that he is the main individual I respect in football," Quaresma told O Jogo. "I respect the quality he has."

He included: "We have an extraordinary skipper, it is a honor to play close by him and have him in the national group and all Portuguese individuals ought to be pleased to have Cristiano.

"[His critics] discuss him and don't have any acquaintance with him as a man. He is an awesome individual, an extraordinary commander and he merits all that he has accomplished in football. He generally has certainty and is sure and that is the thing that he gave us."

Giggs: I laughed the first time I saw Ronaldo play!

Ryan Giggs has uncovered he knew Cristiano Ronaldo would have been extraordinary when he saw him turn John O'Shea back to front as a youthful whippersnapper for Sporting against Manchester United in 2003.

Ronaldo secured a move to United after his amazing display against them in an amicable conflict and has since gone ahead to end up one of the best footballer ever.

What's more, Giggs, who played nearby Ronaldo for a long time before he exited to join Real Madrid, has opened up about the first occasion when he saw the Portugal star play, saying seeing him shredding O'Shea made them laugh away on the substitutes seat!

"You see Ronaldo get this show on the road the ball, and you see him turn John O'Shea back to front, and you're having a little chuckle to yourself," Giggs told ITV in front of Portugal's 2-0 win over France in Euro 2016 last.

"He simply lit up the amusement, every one of the chaps were conversing with him after the diversion and I recollect that we were tending to the mentor and everyone was pondering what we were sitting tight for.