Monaco oh Super

The UEFA Super Cup is not the biggest fixture in the year. I'm sure it was originally called something without 'super' in the title, but come Friday night it'll be feet up watching ITV1 (1945h BST) for the United v. Zenit St.Petersburg game.


So get your story ready...
a) don't win - never mind it's meaningless
b) win - quietly smug, always good to get another trophy
c) draw - is it another penalty shoot-out ?

Whilst it's grey, overcast and threatening rain here in Manchester it's still a bright 30 degrees in Monaco. Fortunately it's an evening match. Went to Monaco a few years ago and went to the stadium which is an interesting building. The pitch is on the 5th floor roof and underneath there was university offices and some shops selling pizza and haircuts. It was so long ago that Fabian Barthez played for them before he came to United.

Prediction : 1-0 to United. Previous history lost to Lazio 0-1 in 1999, beat Red Star Belgrade 1-0 in 1991. Photo are some postage stamps from Djibouti (population 496,374) and I think they are pretty spiffy.