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. With an audacious pressing game, Lotte missed two early chances to take the lead. Lotte gradually ran out of steam in the second half and, unable to keep up with the pace, Dortmund took advantage of the cracks that appeared in the hosts' hard-working backline. Schuerrle doubeled the advantage in the 66th and Schmelzer's free kick killed off the game seven minutes from time.

Source: The Star March 14, 2017 20:05 UTC