Dominic Poleon scored his third successive pre-season goal, but Leeds slipped to defeat against FC Domzale who proved to be far better opposition than Leeds have faced of late.
Other than the growing emergence of Poleon, the performance and result had Brian McDermott crying into his Slovenian beer of choice rather than getting a round in for the travelling whites.
McDermott said "In the second half we just played in front of them. We made a lot of changes after 60-minutes, we weren`t functioning and we weren`t flowing with the ball. They pushed up on us and I have told the players, sometimes if you are 1-0 up, if you have to win a game ugly, then so be it.
"I know we have trained a lot and about fitness but more importantly it is about winning. We are Leeds United, we have to win games, and that is what is important to me.
"There are different ways of winning and that was a game we should have won ugly and we didn`t"
Poleon put United in front with a tap-in, but two late goals from Slobodan Vuk condemned Leeds to their first pre-season defeat.
Arguably a much tougher test awaits on Tuesday as Leeds face crack Hungarian giants Ferencvaros in their final match of the Slovenian tour.