UPDATE 1-Soccer-Dortmund beat Jena to reach German Cup final

Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:19pm GMT
 
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BERLIN, March 18 (Reuters) - Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund beat 10-man Carl Zeiss Jena of the second division 3-0 in a German Cup semi-final on Tuesday.

The 1989 Cup winners will play the winner of Wednesday's semi-final between Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg in the April 19 final in Berlin's Olympic stadium.

Brazil midfielder Tinga headed in a rebound in the 13th minute for Dortmund, who will be making their fourth trip to the Cup final, 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, struggling at the bottom of the second division table, were reduced to 10 men when Czech playmaker Jan Simak was sent of with two yellow cards for complaining about a foul in the 51st minute.

Dortmund coach Thomas Doll's decision to introduce Diego Klimowicz and Florian Kringe in the 69th minute proved inspired.

Two minutes later Klimowicz tapped in a rebound off a Kringe shot before Petric got the third goal three minutes from time.

"We're all happy now," Doll, whose team are in 13th place in the Bundesliga, told reporters.   Continued...

 

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