Bundesliga - Dortmund beat Jena to reach final

Eurosport - Tue, 18 Mar 21:49:00 2008

Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund beat 10-man Carl Zeiss Jena of the second division 3-0 in a German Cup semi-final.

FOOTBALL 2007-2008 DFB Pokal Dortmund Dortmund-Jena Buckley - 0

They will play the winners of Wednesday's semi-final between Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg in next month's final in Berlin.

Brazil midfielder Tinga headed in a rebound in the 13th minute for Dortmund, who last won the Cup in 1989, after Jena's Belarus goalkeeper Vasili Khomutovski batted away a Mladen Petric shot.

Jena - who had reached the semi-finals by knocking out Bundesliga sides VfB Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Arminia Bielefeld - put up a brave fight in the rain at Dortmund before a Cup record crowd of 80,708.

But Jena were reduced to 10 men when playmaker Jan Simak was sent of with two yellow cards for complaining about a foul in the 51st minute.

Diego Klimowicz tapped in a rebound off a Florian Kringe shot in the 70th minute and Petric got the third goal three minutes from time.

Reuters