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Emil Forsberg's last-gasp goal broke Union Berlin hearts and sent RB Leipzig into the 2021/22 DFB Cup final.
Emil Forsberg's last-gasp goal broke Union Berlin hearts and sent RB Leipzig into the 2021/22 DFB Cup final. - © IMAGO/Julius Frick/IMAGO/Jan Huebner
Emil Forsberg's last-gasp goal broke Union Berlin hearts and sent RB Leipzig into the 2021/22 DFB Cup final. - © IMAGO/Julius Frick/IMAGO/Jan Huebner
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Emil Forsberg sends RB Leipzig past Union Berlin and into DFB Cup final

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Emil Forsberg scored a 92nd-minute winner as RB Leipzig came from behind to beat Union Berlin and set up a DFB Cup final showdown with Freiburg.

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RB Leipzig 2-1 Union Berlin
Goals: 0-1 Becker 25' (assist: Trimmel), 1-1 Silva (pen. 61'), 2-1 Forsberg 90'+1 (assist: Nkunku)

The Bundesliga’s form team in 2022, Leipzig started on the front foot as Dominik Szoboszlai dragged wide from a tight angle inside the Union box. The visitors responded in kind as Peter Gulacsi thwarted Grischa Prömel from close range, before Sheraldo Becker met Christoper Trimmel’s superb cross with a side-footed finish for 1-0. Leipzig should arguably have gone in level at the break, but striker Andre Silva shot wide from an unmarked position in the 18-yard area.

Willi Orban could do no better with a header soon after the restart, while Dani Olmo tested Frederik Ronnow from range. Taiwo Awoniyi then went within a whisker of turning in a Becker cross, an opening which only served to poke the Leipzig bear. Paul Jaeckel was adjudged to have fouled Christopher Nkunku in the penalty box following a VAR review, and Silva duly dispatched his spot-kick with 61 minutes played. The game appeared destined for extra-time, when substitute Forsberg headed in a Christopher Nkunku cross to send Leipzig through.

Match stats

  • Leipzig are through to their third DFB Cup final in four years.
  • Forsberg scored his 57th goal in 254 competitive appearances for Leipzig.
  • Nkunku has three goals and three assists in five DFB Cup appearances so far this season.
  • Domenico Tedesco is through to his first major final as a head coach.
  • Becker's goal was the first Leipzig have conceded in this season's competition.
  • Die Roten Bullen have only lost once in 2022.

Line-ups:

Leipzig: Gulacsi (c) - Simakan, Orban, Gvardiol (Halstenberg 90') - Henrichs, Szoboszlai (Forsberg 62'), Laimer, Angelino - Olmo - Silva (Poulsen 90'), Nkunku
Unused subs: Martinez, Adams, Mukiele, Raebiger, Novoa, Kampl
Out: Haidara (knee), Klostermann (not included)
Coach: Domenico Tedesco

Union: Ronnow - Jaeckel (Behrens 90'+2), Knoche, Baumgartl - Khedira - Trimmel (c), Haraguchi (Schäfer 64'), Prömel (Möhwald 90'+2), Oczipka - Becker (Voglsammer 77'), Awoniyi (Michel 77')
Unused subs: Busk, Ryerson, Gießelmann, Heintz
Out: Luthe (muscular)
Coach: Urs Fischer

As it happened!

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