Defending champion Leipzig knocked Borussia Dortmund out of the German Cup with a 2-0 win of their quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Leipzig joined Freiburg, Eintracht Frankfurt and Stuttgart within the semifinals due to a first-half strike from Timo Werner and an injury-time function on a counterattack from Willi Orbán. Leipzig defeated Freiburg in closing yr’s ultimate for its first main trophy.
Led by means of former Dortmund trainer Marco Rose, Leipzig ruled from begin to end after dropping its earlier 3 video games throughout all competitions.
“We didn’t deserve to win the game today,” stated Dortmund midfielder Julian Brandt. “We were very lucky we survived even the first 10 minutes without conceding a goal.”
The guests simplest had Gregor Kobel to thank for holding Leipzig at bay early on, however the goalkeeper was once in spite of everything crushed within the twenty second minute when Mohamed Simakan raced previous Mats Hummels and crossed for Werner to steer the ball within the left publish. Simakan’s velocity made all of the distinction in opposition to the torpid Dortmund defence.
Werner will have to have made it 2-0 later when he simplest had Kobel to overcome, however the Leipzig ahead crossed for Konrad Laimer as a substitute of capturing and the danger was once long past. It was once one in every of a number of overlooked alternatives for Leipzig, which had 14 makes an attempt at function in comparison to the guests’ one within the first 1/2 on my own.
Dortmund trainer Edin Terzić introduced on Youssoufa Moukoko for the second one 1/2 – when the guests progressed – however in the end it was once Leipzig that had the easier probabilities to seal the outcome. Kobel denied Laimer within the 78th.
Dortmund’s simplest shot not off course got here in damage time when Janis Blaswich stretched for a high quality save to disclaim change Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.
Kobel went ahead for a unfastened kick because the guests desperately sought an equaliser, however Orban sealed the win on a counterattack to complete the sport.
Dortmund, which defeated Leipzig within the 2021 ultimate, was once with out Germany defender Nico Schlotterbeck and Ivory Coast ahead Sébastien Haller, each injured. Jude Bellingham began at the substitutes’ bench and Karim Adeyemi was once suspended.
Earlier, Stuttgart defeated second-division workforce Nuremberg 1–0 away in Sebastian Hoeness’ debut as Stuttgart trainer.
Freiburg knocked out Bayern Munich on Tuesday. The semifinal draw takes position Sunday.