SWANSEA City did not fly home until the hours of this morning, but the cruise control was activated in Malmo early on last night.
Michael Laudrup's men had all but won their Europa League third qualifying round tie with Malmo when they romped home 4-0 at the Liberty Stadium last week.
And it quickly became apparent in the return fixture that there would be Malmo revival.
Ideally, of course, Laudrup's team would have won both legs — and they were denied victory here by a refereeing error.
But a stress-free goalless draw represented a job fairly well done for Swansea on their first competitive assignment outside Britain in 22 years.
They got the clean sheet their manager had asked for and, though there was no winner, spirits remain high going into the new Premier League season.
In Europe, meanwhile, Swansea can plan for two more fixtures later this month.
If they turn out to be as comfortable as this, Laudrup will be delighted.
Swansea have not had much success on their European travels down the years, with all but one of nine previous overseas trips ending in defeat.
But then this Swansea side are considerably stronger than most of their predecessors.
The pressure was off Ashley Williams and Co heading into this one after their thumping victory in the first leg, but Laudrup had demanded another big performance from his team in the build-up.
The Dane stressed the need for Swansea to keep standards high with the start of the domestic season around the corner — but that did not stop him making seven changes to the side which started part one of this tie.
Only Jonjo Shelvey's omission was enforced — the ex-Liverpool midfielder missed the trip with illness — as Laudrup left out Michel Vorm, Angel Rangel, Jordi Amat, Ben Davies, Leon Britton and Nathan Dyer.
Among the players to come in were two full debutants, Jose Canas and Alejandro Pozuelo, and the latter looked bright down the Swansea right from the outset.
But it was Malmo's right-winger, captain Jiload Hamad, who almost exposed the visitors in the first two minutes of the game.
Sloppy Swansea allowed Hamad to run unchallenged to the edge of the area, where he teed up Pawel Cibicki for a snapshot which whistled narrowly wide of Gerhard Tremmel's right-hand post.
The natives had been noisy even before kick-off, but the volume went up a couple of notches now.
Williams barked a few orders at those around him and, happily for Laudrup, Swansea quickly settled things down.
What they did not want was to give Malmo momentum — and they didn't.
Laudrup's reshuffled side took the sting out of the Swedes by keeping the ball.
And every time they moved towards the final third, Swansea's new-look forward line had Malmo worried.
Michu showed up first, the Spaniard curling a 25-yard shot past the post after a neat lay-off from Wilfried Bony.
Malmo threatened again, their irritant of a centre-forward, Magnus Eriksson, looping a shot over the top from just outside the box.
But it was Swansea who were carrying most of the menace, and the opening goal very nearly came on 19 minutes when Wayne Routledge sent Michu scampering in behind.
Johan Dahlin saved Malmo, the keeper racing off his line to smother Michu's shot.
The floppy-haired frontman soon showed his frustration, earning a yellow card — and plenty of stick from the home crowd for the rest of the evening — for a silly tackle on Ricardinho.
Swansea would quickly be a little more annoyed.
Routledge had the next big chance but, after gathering Canas's clever ball on his chest, Swansea's left-winger poked a shot the wrong side of the post.
As half-time approached, Bony showed his new team-mate how it should be done after Routledge played him in.
The £12 million powerhouse finished with aplomb as Dahlin advanced, steering a left-foot effort in off the far post.
But Swansea celebrations were cut short by an errant offside flag, the Dutch officials failing to notice that Malmo left-back Ricardinho was clearly playing Bony on.
Still, the main thing for Swansea was that Malmo did not get back into the game — and there was little sign of Rikard Norling's side finding a path to goal as the contest wore on.
Laudrup's men had no need to push for an opener, and they became increasingly content just to keep possession.
The tiring Pozuelo wasted a couple of opportunities to tee up Bony, then Routledge smashed over from distance.
Swansea, unusually, began to get sloppy going forward, with too many passes going astray when there was a chance to hurt Malmo.
The hosts, meantime, simply did not have the firepower to mount a comeback.
Williams was as dominant as ever in the heart of defence, while Flores produced an impressive display on his return to action after a disrupted pre-season.
Hence the game meandered towards a quiet conclusion — although Swansea very nearly won it at the end.
While substitute Nathan Dyer dragged one effort wide, de Guzman seemed certain to score when he beat Dahlin to Pozuelo's cute pass.
But having knocked the ball past Malmo's keeper, de Guzman lost his footing and Pontus Jansson was able to clear.
No matter. Swansea had coasted into today's play-off draw much earlier in the piece.
