Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish isn't concerned after their narrow 3-2 win over a Hong Kong XI yesterday.
Birmingham produced a disjointed display in the opening 45 minutes and went in at the break 2-1 down to the hosts before a raft of changes during the interval saw an improvement as they eventually ran out narrow winners.
McLeish, though, was unconcerned with his side's display, underlining he expected them to struggle in the blazing Hong Kong heat.
"It's all about getting the players fit, we got a tougher game than perhaps we expected," he said.
"At this stage of the season, performance is not the most important thing. There were some good things, some not so good but we're happy to win.
"We're not fit enough yet. They were a little bit sharper in the first-half but we're not nearly at a level of fitness, nowhere near it. This is not the most important time for us, I always like to be judged in May at the end of the season.
"Pre-season games are rarely easy unless you hand-pick things and we weren't able to hand-pick them. We were given the games by people at our football club and we said we will face tough opposition and you have to be organised at least.
"I knew we wouldn't be sharp enough, we wouldn't quite have the legs yet."
