Owen Hargreaves insisted no ill-feeling existed between the Manchester United and Chelsea players as they reunited for England's end-of-season internationals with the United States and Trinidad and Tobago.

The United midfielder is backing Chelsea skipper John Terry to overcome the agony of missing the decisive penalty in the shoot-out which handed the Red Devils their second Champions League crown under Sir Alex Ferguson.

The players experienced similar conditions to those in Moscow last Wednesday evening - driving rain - when they trained ahead of the double-header on Wednesday and Sunday.

But there were no visible signs of any hangover being suffered by the Chelsea contingent while the United players were focused on making the right impression under the watchful eye of national team boss Fabio Capello.

Hargreaves is adamant the level of respect between the players of both teams, who fought out the titanic struggle in Russia, runs deep after many battles side by side for their country.

Hargreaves said: "The Man United players are on a high and the Chelsea players are a bit disappointed, but we are all professional enough to put that aside.

"The final has gone and we are a team for England now. We are focusing on the two games with England. We are not focusing on what happened a week ago.

"I don't think there is any ill-feeling towards each other. Everyone is friends. We have known each other a long time.

"We have spent so much time together at major tournaments. There is a lot of mutual respect for each other.

"I am sure it is not easy for Chelsea to forget what happened but they have done a fabulous job this week of not letting anything really get to them and I admire them for that."

Terry, who is still waiting to find out if he will be Capello's eventual captain, was totally inconsolable after events in Moscow when his penalty struck the outside of the post as glory for Chelsea beckoned.

But Hargreaves believes the central defender has the strength of character to put his disappointment of five days ago behind him and be an even stronger person.

Hargreaves said: "The initial disappointment would have been difficult for John Terry to deal with and at that moment you are best to be on your own.

"But he has got over that. And he will learn a lot from that moment. He will come back even stronger.

"There is no doubt that John Terry is a fabulous leader. Just because he missed a penalty doesn't change anything about him as a footballer and a person."

The current get-together represents the longest spell Capello has had to work with the England players since replacing Steve McClaren.

But Hargreaves can already see comparisons between the Italian and Sir Alex Ferguson in terms of the respect they command from players.

He said: "Every manager does things differently but Fabio Capello carries that aura of a big coach, which is similar to the boss at Manchester United.

"I just think he does things his own way and I think players respect that. Everyone is ready to do their best for him.

"All the big managers I've played under, whether at United, Bayer Munich or England are different, but equally they have a similar way of carrying themselves.

"That is the way managers at this level do things whether they are from England, Italy or anywhere else.

"The players at this level are such big personalities and you need to find a way to get their attention and to get their respect. Both Sir Alex and Fabio Capello do that perfectly.

"It is not about fear. But it is important everyone respects each other, players and staff."