Time to pause, time to analyze.
time to improve.
The break comes at just the right time for Eintracht and their leadership.
Because international matches are once again scheduled around the world and Frankfurt soccer professionals are traveling with their nations, Bundesliga games are on hold.
A welcome opportunity for Oliver Glasner to continue working on one of the biggest weaknesses: the goal.
Eintracht also created the best chances against Arminia Bielefeld.
But like last week in Augsburg it wasn't enough for a win.
The team coached by Glasner is now ninth in the table – average.
In order to intervene sustainably in the fight for better positions and prospects, there is a lack of penetrating power, callousness and fortune.
The preparers on the wings are still lame.
Filip Kostic is back on the ball after a short forced Corona break. But the actually unpredictable Serb was still too predictable in the 0: 2 against Arminia.
His flanks lacked the old dangerousness.
And Kostic didn't get one of his feared low shots against the Bielefeld bulwark.
Glasner and his helpers have a lot to do during the break.
It is also important to strengthen the weak right side.
Since the start of the season, four professionals have tried their hand there: Timothy Chandler, Erik Durm, Danny da Costa and Almamy Touré.
None, however, to the fullest satisfaction.
That's another reason why Glasner and Markus Krösche looked around for potential reinforcements.
The coach and the sports director hope to have struck gold deep in the West.
Ansgar Knauff, who has just turned 20, is supposed to close the gap on the right flank.
A big burden for the offensively oriented junior national player, who did not get past short appearances at Dortmund Borussia Dortmund.
For him, Frankfurt should be the breeding ground for the desired leap in quality.
The unity as ninth between tree and bark?
The Frankfurt strategists would do well to continue to act with realism.
The way down in the table is longer than up.
28 points after 20 completed rounds are a decent, but by no means satisfactory result.
Eintracht can do more.
For that she needs a more successful mix of unpredictable offense and reliable defense.
Getting there isn't easy, but sometimes "just" a question of fine-tuning.
The international break offers a good chance to do so.
But also the opponents of unity.