Confident Dortmund now eye Cup final
berlin — After claiming impressive wins over Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund are eyeing a German Cup final berth in Berlin when they host VfL Wolfsburg in Tuesday’s semi-final.
Dortmund bowed out of the Champions League last Tuesday despite a stunning 2-0 win at home to Real Madrid, losing the quarterfinal 3-2 on aggregate, then they shocked Bundesliga champions Bayern 3-0 in Munich on Saturday.
It was Bayern’s heaviest home league defeat since 2008 and the two Bundesliga giants could meet in this year’s final at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium on May 17 as Pep Guardiola’s Munich host second-division Kaiserslautern in Wednesday’s other semi-final.
“We’re not thinking about that yet, we have to beat Wolfsburg on Tuesday and we have already seen how strong they are,” said Dortmund’s Germany winger Kevin Grosskreutz.
Borussia had to come from a goal down to beat Wolves 2-1 in the league at Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion ten days ago in the semi-final dress rehearsal. Klopp’s side have a quick turn-around before hosting Wolves, who romped to a 4-1 win at home to Nuremberg on Saturday and are just outside the top four in the league.
“But we’ll be putting in another passionate performance like we did against Real and Bayern,” promised Grosskreutz. Meanwhile Bayern boss Guardiola has demanded an immediate reaction in Wednesday’s other semi-final with the Bavarian giants reeling from consecutive defeats.