Associated Press Sports
updated 5:44 p.m. ET March 20, 2012
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -Substitute Ilkay Guendogan scored with the last shot of extra time for Borussia Dortmund to win 1-0 at second division Greuther Fuerth on Tuesday and reach the final of the German Cup.
Guendogan's shot from the edge of the penalty box hit the post and bounced off the back of goalkeeper Jasmin Fejzic into the net. Fejzic had come on just a couple of minutes before, with Greuther Fuerth believing the match was going into a penalty shootout.
Fejzic is renowned for his penalty-saving skills and can also score from the spot.
In the second semifinal, titleholder Bayern Munich visits Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday.
Dortmund, the Bundesliga champion and front-runner, stayed on course for a domestic double and its third German Cup title.
"It was incredibly difficult," Dortmund's coach Juergen Klopp said. "We had to work very hard, they are a very good and very dangerous team. It was exactly what we expected."
After several near misses at promotion, Greuther Fuerth leads the second division and looks set to move up into the top tier.
Borussia dominated early possession and created a series of chances that went to waste.
Although Greuther Fuerth mostly defended well, Shinji Kagawa had an open header from six meters (yards) out sail high. Kagawa and Robert Lewandowski both failed to take advantage of a good cross in the 36th, and Kevin Grosskreutz had a header saved by Greuther Fuerth's goalkeeper Max Gruen.
Kagawa then shot wide and Grosskreutz wasted another opportunity.
Fuerth, playing a patient game, got a pair of late chances in normal time, but Olivier Occean missed both of them.
Occean shot high in the 112th minute and so did Jakub Blaszczykowski on the other side with three minutes remaining.
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