Dortmund beat third-tier Lotte, face Bayern in Cup semis


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 15 Mar 2017

Football Soccer - Sportfreunde Lotte v BVB Borussia Dortmund - German Soccer Cup - Bremer Bruecke stadium, Osnabrueck, Germany - 14/03/17 - Borussia Dortmund's Lukasz Piszcek and Andre Schuerrle react German Cup (DFB Pokal) quarter final. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

BERLIN (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund were made to work hard for an hour before beating third-tier Sportfreunde Lotte 3-0 in the German Cup on Tuesday to set up a mouth-watering semi-final with holders Bayern Munich.

Christian Pulisic opened the scoring just before the hour, Andre Schuerrle volleyed home the second and Marcel Schmelzer added a late third to end Lotte's remarkable Cup run.

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