Munich - They started into 2012/13 with modest hopes and expectations but ahead of Matchday 27, SC Freiburg find themselves battling for a Europa League berth on two separate fronts.

Two points shy of sixth in the table, the team from the deep South West are also just one game away from a . When league action resumes, however, Freiburg first need to end a four-game winless streak. "Up till now everything's gone incredibly well for us this season. Now we've hit a phase where it's not all functioning so smoothly. I think the international break's come at a handy time for us, we have the opportunity to analyse the situation and work through it," goalkeeper Oliver Baumann reckons.

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