The Canaries finalised their preparations for the new season with a double-header against SV Darmstadt on Saturday in Germany.

They won the first 3-2, thanks to goals from Przemyslaw Placheta, Teemu Pukki and Josh Martin, and drew the second 0-0.

Farke has been delighted with his team's efforts over the course of the pre-season.

"I have to say I’m quite delighted that we are unbeaten after pre-season and with four clean sheets and many goals," he said to canaries.co.uk.

"I know the results aren’t that important and the real stuff starts next week. But I get the feeling our fitness levels are top. The lads have worked quite well and adapted to each other quite well.

"The spirit is good and for this day today, I have many compliments."

Reflecting on the Darmstadt double-header, Farke said he was pleased with the test they provided his team.

"It was a long day. Of course, we would have preferred to finish pre-season with five games, five wins, five clean sheets but now the final outcome is four wins, one draw and just fourth clean sheets.

"But overall, I have to say I have compliments to my lads for today. They’ve been together for 12 days without any day off and to face a really strong side, they’ve been on the Bundesliga level for a few years, and to be that dominant in the first game. We should have won it much clearer than 3-2.

"It felt a bit like a 4-0, 5-0. The second game, we were unbelievably solid and finished this game with a clean sheet. On 87 minutes, they just had one chance and Daniel Barden was there with a good save.

"We tried to win this game and missed lots of chances, but overall the only thing that was missing in the second game was a goal."

Daniel Farke: The spirit is good heading into the season

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