If you recall Manchester United defeated Chelsea via penalty following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes.
John Terry missed a penalty that would have won it for Chelsea in the eventual shootout but Ronaldo made no mistake to beat Petr Cech.
The training went down in the Luzhniki Stadium, the venue for the final in Moscow.
When asked by beIN Sport how Ferguson fired up the players before that final, Hargreaves explained: 'He didn't need to, he knew the boys were ready.
'I remember we did a training game in the stadium in Moscow the day before and we almost had a fight amongst the two teams because the training game was so intense.
'One team lost and everybody was moaning at each other and Sir Alex had to come in and break it up. That's how it was. Everybody was so competitive about winning.
'Even in a training game, you'd think people didn't want to get injured but that wasn't the case. Everybody was just on it. Everybody was so excited for that game.'
United and Chelsea fought out a 1-1 draw in the final, with Ronaldo heading home the opening goal before Frank Lampard equalised on the stroke of half-time.
Meanwhile, Drogba sent off for slapping Nemanja Vidic, and the trophy had to be won on penalties after 120 minutes of stalemate.
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| Manchester United's all-star squad celebrate winning the Champions League in 2008 |
The result of the game after penalty saw Man Utd win 6-5. It sealed Ferguson's second European Cup triumph.
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