Poland striker Robert Lewandowski hit his 100th goal for Borussia Dortmund to book their place in next month's German Cup final in Tuesday's 2-0 semi-final win over VfL Wolfsburg.
Lewandowski brought up his landmark goal when he scored his team's second shortly before half-time. Dortmund took an early lead when midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan cut in from the right and unleashed a superb shot just inside the near post, past Wolfsburg goalkeeper Max Gruen and three defenders on 12 minutes.
With half-time approaching, Belgium Under-21 international Junior Malanda hit the post for Wolfsburg and compatriot Kevin de Bruyne fired the rebound wide for the visitors. It was a costly miss as Dortmund went 2-0 up 72 seconds later when Germany play-maker Marco Reus found Lewandowski unmarked and he slammed his shot into the top left-hand corner to reach his milestone.
Malanda squandered a golden chance to put his side back in the game 15 minutes from the final whistle when he fired over with the goal at his mercy. Midfielder Luiz Gustavo then hit the post in the dying stages after Malanda had a shot saved by Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller.
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Poland striker Robert Lewandowski hit his 100th goal for Borussia Dortmund to book their place in next month's German Cup final in Tuesday's 2-0 semi-final win over VfL Wolfsburg.
Lewandowski brought up his landmark goal when he scored his team's second shortly before half-time. Dortmund took an early lead when midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan cut in from the right and unleashed a superb shot just inside the near post, past Wolfsburg goalkeeper Max Gruen and three defenders on 12 minutes.
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With half-time approaching, Belgium Under-21 international Junior Malanda hit the post for Wolfsburg and compatriot Kevin de Bruyne fired the rebound wide for the visitors. It was a costly miss as Dortmund went 2-0 up 72 seconds later when Germany play-maker Marco Reus found Lewandowski unmarked and he slammed his shot into the top left-hand corner to reach his milestone.
Malanda squandered a golden chance to put his side back in the game 15 minutes from the final whistle when he fired over with the goal at his mercy. Midfielder Luiz Gustavo then hit the post in the dying stages after Malanda had a shot saved by Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller.
