Marco Russ: a quiet goodbye for an Eintracht Frankfurt great

Marco Russ played 280 Bundesliga games for Eintracht Frankfurt. Now the defender's time at the club has ended without a big send-off.

It is a modest ending for a career that had plenty of drama. In May 2016, shortly after Frankfurt escaped relegation in the playoff against Nürnberg, Russ was diagnosed with testicular cancer.

He did not give up football. He worked his way back after the treatment and returned to the squad.

In May 2018, he was part of the Eintracht team that beat Bayern Munich 3-1 in the DFB-Pokal final (Germany's national cup). For a player who had been fighting for his health two years earlier, it was a remarkable moment.

A stadium full of fans saying thank you would have felt fitting. Instead, the farewell for one of the club's long-serving players was low-key.

His numbers, his comeback and that cup win remain part of Eintracht's story.