By Lewis Rutledge Last updated: 28th August 2008
Hargreaves: Back to fitness
Owen Hargreaves is confident that Manchester United will prevail in the European Super Cup.
Hargreaves is in line to make his first appearance of the season in Monaco as United take on Uefa Cup winners Zenit St Petersburg.
The midfielder has been struggling with a knee problem of late but is looking forward to the clash with the Russians.
Hargreaves was a member of the Bayern Munich side that lost to Liverpool in the 2001 Super Cup and is hoping to make amends on Friday.
"It didn't feel like a big game to me at the time," Hargreaves admitted to Sky Sports News.
"The stadium was half empty and I remember there was a strange atmosphere.
"But I think you take those experiences and it will be a different occasion this time.
"We all want to win it and we will go there to do that. I expect that we will win."

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| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 7th July | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| 18:00 | UE Sant Julia vs Tre Fiori |
| Wednesday 8th July | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| 19:30 | Mogren vs Hibernians |
| Tuesday 14th July | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| TBC | Debrecen vs Kalmar FF |
| TBC | EB Streymur vs Apoel Nicosia |
| TBC | FC Copenhagen vs Hibernians/Mogren |
| TBC | FC Inter vs FC Sheriff |
| TBC | FH Hafnarfjordur vs Aktobe |
| TBC | FK Ekranas vs FK Baku |
| TBC | FK Ventspils vs F91 Dudelange |
| TBC | Levski Sofia vs UE Sant Julia/Tre Fiori |
| TBC | Maccabi Haifa vs Glentoran |
| TBC | Makedonija Gj. P vs BATE |
| TBC | Pyunik vs Dinamo Zagreb |
| TBC | Rhyl vs Partizan Belgrade |
| TBC | SK Tirana vs Stabaek |
| TBC | SV Red Bull Salzburg vs Bohemians |
| TBC | WIT Georgia Tbilisi vs Maribor |
| TBC | Wisla Krakow vs Levadia Tallinn |
| TBC | Zrinjski Mostar vs Slovan Bratislava |
| Tuesday 21st July | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| TBC | Aktobe vs FH Hafnarfjordur |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 1st July | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| Tre Fiori 1 - 1 UE Sant Julia | |
| Tuesday 30th June | |
| UEFA Champions League Qualifying | |
| Hibernians 0 - 2 Mogren | |
| Wednesday 27th May | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Barcelona 2 - 0 Man Utd | |
| Wednesday 6th May | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Chelsea 1 - 1 Barcelona | |
| Tuesday 5th May | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Arsenal 1 - 3 Man Utd | |
| Wednesday 29th April | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Man Utd 1 - 0 Arsenal | |
| Tuesday 28th April | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Barcelona 0 - 0 Chelsea | |
| Wednesday 15th April | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| FC Porto 0 - 1 Man Utd | |
| Arsenal 3 - 0 Villarreal | |
| Tuesday 14th April | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Bayern Munich 1 - 1 Barcelona | |
| Chelsea 4 - 4 Liverpool | |
| Wednesday 8th April | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Liverpool 1 - 3 Chelsea | |
| Barcelona 4 - 0 Bayern Munich | |
| Tuesday 7th April | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Villarreal 1 - 1 Arsenal | |
| Man Utd 2 - 2 FC Porto | |
| Wednesday 11th March | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Roma 1 - 0 Arsenal | |
| Barcelona 5 - 2 Lyon | |
| Man Utd 2 - 0 Inter Milan | |
| FC Porto 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid | |
| Tuesday 10th March | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Liverpool 4 - 0 Real Madrid | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 3 |
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