AP:Associated Press American teenager Christian Pulisic opened the scoring as Borussia Dortmund beat third-tier side Lotte in German Cup[/caption]
EPA Marcel Schmelzer scored the third for the Bundesliga giants[/caption]
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And Thomas Tuchel’s men had no problems seeing off the minnows, with American teenager Christian Pulisic, Andre Schurrle and Marcel Schmelzer on target.
Swedish teenager Alexander Isak – dubbed the ‘next Zlatan Ibrahimovic’ – made his debut for Dortmund.
Lotte largely contained Dortmund in the first half and even made the better start, with goalkeeper Roman Buerki coming to the Bundesliga side’s rescue with a good block to deny Tim Wendel.
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EPA Former Chelsea star Andre Schurrle was also on target as Dortmund reached the semi-final[/caption]
Dortmund gradually improved but was restricted to long-range efforts from Gonzalo Castro and Raphael Guerreiro, before Lotte goalkeeper Benedikt Fernandez denied Shinji Kagawa after the restart.
Lotte, which upset top-flight Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen, then second-division 1860 Munich in the previous rounds, had no answer to Ousmane Dembele’s pace on a counterattack.
And it was Dembele’s clever ball into space to his left for Pulisic to run onto and fire through the goalkeeper’s legs that broke the deadlock.
EPA The game had been slated to play two weeks ago but was postponed because of heavy snow[/caption]
Guerreiro headed back Kagawa’s cross for Andre Schuerrle to make it 2-0 minutes later and Dortmund captain Marcel Schmelzer wrapped it up with a free kick in the final minutes.
Dortmund was missing Bundesliga top-scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang due to a groin injury.
The Bundesliga club will face rivals Bayern Munich in the semi-final of the competition.
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