Eintracht Frankfurt: Rode is looking forward to one of the biggest games of the history

Eintracht Frankfurt's Captain Sebastian Rode sees the duels with the big FC Barcelona as a highlight of the club history.

"The game against Barcelona is definitely one of the biggest games of Eintracht history. But we also had other great games. The boys who were three years ago at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea, rave off today," Rode said In a "Frankfurt Captain1" interview.

The Hessian Football Bundesligist meets on Thursday (21.00 clock) and on April 14 in the quarterfinals of the Europa League on the Catalans.

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For the 31-year-old Rode, who himself played with FC Bayern Munich against Barça, it is after his own statement "a highlight game in my career."

Just in time for the International Kracher, the 2006 World Cup Arena may be fully utilized since the beginning of the Corona pandemic since the past week. For the home game, Eintracht could have for sale up to 300,000 tickets.

Only three years ago, the Hesse had reached the semi-finals of the Europa League and had failed in penalties on FC Chelsea.