No immediate end to his career: Eintracht captain Sebastian Rode is fighting for his last appearances. Despite an operation after a knee injury, the SGE captain still wants to fight for missions.

Rode doesn't have a precise plan for the time after that, but he wants to switch off from football first. “I want to take at least a year off, relax and spend time with my family. It won't be easy because everything has revolved around football since I was four, but I'll manage it,” says Rode.