Ricardo Quaresma belatedly lives up to the hype

Ricardo Quaresma is one of football’s greatest nearly men.

His two goals in last week’s inspirational showing in Porto’s 3-1 victory against the Champions League favourites have set up a potential cliffhanger in Munich tonight.

Quaresma was potentially the biggest star of a star-studded Academy when he came through at Sporting at the age of 17. Lisbon’s second club won both the league and the cup that season, ahead of both their famous local rivals as well as the club from ‘up north’.