Despite the presence of Bundesliga sharp-shooters Papiss Demba Cisse and Theofanis Gekas, SC Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt played out a dull scoreless draw.
Chances were few and far between before the interval with die Adler coming the closest to breaking the deadlock. Oliver Baumann denied Patrick Ochs halfway through the first period and the utility player, who shunned a winter move to Schalke 04, shot over three minutes before the break after a Johannes Flum error had let in Sebastian Jung.
