Bournemouth defender Chris Mephem was pleased with their preseason win against Lorient.
The Cherries won 2-0 via goals from David Brooks and Kieffer Moore.
Mephem told the Daily Echo: I thought it was good.
It's exactly what we needed going into the first game of the season.
I thought the intensity was more there today.
I think there's probably, you know, some big space in the first half that we need to make sure we close up because against better opposition, that will probably hurt us.
I thought the intensity was good, very positive.
I thought we were very direct at times.
Good result, clean sheet and some good confidence to take into Saturday."