Gio Reyna scored twice to pave the way for Borussia Dortmund to overcome Bundesliga 2 outfit Holstein Kiel 5-0 in the DFB Cup semi-finals, setting up a showdown with RB Leipzig in the final.

Borussia Dortmund 5-0 Holstein Kiel
Goals: 1-0 Reyna (16'), 2-0 Reyna (23'), 3-0 Reus (26'), 4-0 Hazard (32'), 5-0 Bellingham (42')

There was no indication that the match would be won by such a high scoreline in the first quarter of an hour, as Kiel - who knocked holders Bayern Munich out in the second round - pressed high and aggressively. However, the floodgates opened on 16 minutes when Reyna received a pass from Jadon Sancho on the edge of the box and immediately slammed a shot inside the far post. The visitors groggy from that blow, BVB pressed home their advantage and soon put the match out of reach. Reyna tapped in his second from close range following good work from Raphael Guerreiro and Marco Reus, who soon added a third himself from Emre Can's superb pass over the defence. Thorgan Hazard capitalised on a stray pass in midfield to net his side's fourth, while Jude Bellingham's deflected strike shortly before half-time dashed even the remotest of hopes of a Kiel comeback.

Dortmund understandably eased off somewhat in the second half, but still went close to adding to the scoreline through Bellingham, who dinked narrowly wide after a some sublime skill in the box, and Sancho, who curled over following a short corner. Their lead was never in doubt and although Kiel created a couple of promising shooting opportunities, Marwin Hitz was never seriously tested in goal. The victory was marred by an injury to second-half substitute Mateu Morey, who was taken to hospital after hurting his knee while stretching for the ball and is set to miss the final with Leipzig in Berlin on 13 May.

Match stats

• Sancho is second in this season’s DFB Cup scoring chart on four goals. Only RB Leipzig’s Yussuf Poulsen has more with five.
• Dortmund are four-time winners of the DFB Cup. They reached four straight finals between 2014 and 2017, but this is the first year since then that they have gone beyond the round of 16.
• BVB beat Kiel 4-0 away from home in the only previous competitive encounter in the 2011/12 quarter-finals as they won the domestic double under Jürgen Klopp. Mats Hummels and Lukasz Piszczek are the only current Borussia players who featured that day.
• Former Dortmund youth product Janni Serra is Kiel’s top scorer in all competitions this season with 11 goals, including three in the cup.
• Holstein boast the meanest defence in Bundesliga 2 this season having only conceded 26 times in 27 games.
• Kiel were champions of Germany back in 1911/12, but this is only the second time they’ve made the final four of the cup. The other occasion saw them beaten 6-0 by anther Ruhr opponent, Schalke, back in 1940/41.

Line-ups

Dortmund: Hitz - Piszczek (Morey 62', Meunier 74'9, Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro - Bellingham, Can (Delaney 62') - Sancho, Reus (c) (Reinier 62'), Reyna (Brandt 46') - Hazard
Unused subs: Bürki, Schulz, Knauff, Tigges
Out: Dahoud (suspended), Haaland (muscular), Moukoko (shin), Schmelzer (knee), Witsel (Achilles' tendon), Zagadou (knee)
Coach: Edin Terzic  

Kiel: Dähne - Dehm (Neumann 46'), Wahl (c), Lorenz, Komenda - Meffert - Reese (Porath 46'), Hauptmann, Lee (Girth 76'), Bartels (Mees 68') - Serra (Arslan 30')
Unused subs: Reimann, van den Bergh, Mühling, Sterner
Out: Gelios (not included), Thesker (Achilles' tendon)
Coach: Ole Werner

AS IT HAPPENED!

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