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NUREMBERG, Germany -- German international striker Kevin Kuranyi helped Schalke 04 blitz Nuremberg by setting up three goals in seven minutes to seal their 4-2 League Cup semifinal win on Tuesday.
German international striker Kevin Kuranyi set up three goals in seven minutes in Schalke's semifinal win.
Having been 1-0 down to last season's German Cup winners Nuremberg, thanks to striker Robert Vittek's early goal, Schalke left it to the end of the first-half before they cut loose with Kuranyi creating all three goals.
First midfielder Levan Kobiashvili hit a left-footed shot on 38 minutes, then Fabian Ernst grabbed a second on 43 minutes before Peter Lovenkrands scored on the stroke of half-time with Kuranyi instrumental throughout.
It meant shell-shocked Nuremberg went into the half-time break on the wrong end of a 3-1 score-line.
Schalke's summer signing defender Heiko Westermann grabbed a fourth goal midway through the second-half to make the win safe and book their place in Saturday's final in Leipzig, although Vittek hit a late second goal.
Schalke will face the winner's of Wednesday's semifinal when VfB Stuttgart, last season's Bundesliga champions, take on Bayern Munich at home. E-mail to a friend 
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