Despite Leeds United cruising past FC Augsburg 4-0 at Elland Road, manager Daniel Farke believes his side can still improve as the pre-season calendar drew to a close.
Goals from Anton Stach, Tarik Muharemović, James Justin and Lukas Nmecha sealed the victory and while the boss was impressed with parts of what he had seen, he explained the real work starts next week with the Premier League opener against Nottingham Forest.
“We can play better,” the German told LUTV. “First half, in many situations, also a bit untidy and not precise on the ball. We definitely can play better football and have done this also during this pre-season.
“But overall, it is the fifth week of pre-season. You could feel we had many inputs also during this week. We had a long day with traveling, coming back late. The next day, straight away training session with tactical sessions, meetings, anyhow.
“And for that, we were not really fresh, sharp and flawless today. But nevertheless, we were there against normally a really good Bundesliga side.
“To win this game 4-0, to protect our clean sheet and also to create a few more chances, overall a good finish of pre-season, another good result and another booster for the confidence.
“We have scored four goals and created more chances. We do all this hard work in order to be then hopefully close to flawless, at least when the wheels start in the Premier League.
“We have to be outstanding, in our best level. This what the lads also want and it is hard work. Right now, especially the players who were involved during the whole pre-season, they are in really good shape.
“We have, of course, a few players who arrived a bit later after the World Cup, so they will need a bit until they reach 100 per cent. But overall, as a group, we are definitely on a good path. And yes, I am happy with this.”