Surprise team VfB Stuttgart can end the Bundesliga season in the top five and play in Europe next term, according to their former player and official Thomas Hitzelsperger. Stuttgart have played their best first part of the season with 34 points from 16 games and rank third behind Bayer Leverkusen and champions Bayern Munich. They are seven points ahead of fifth and 10 ahead of sixth place after 16 of 34 games. Hitzlsperger told the t-online portal that ir remains to be seen how the team gets through the January period with players having to be released for the Asian Cup and Africa Cup of Natio…