Nuremberg crushed Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 on Tuesday to advance to the German Cup final for the first time since 1982.
Nuremberg will play the winner of yesterday's semi-final between VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart on May 26 in the final at Berlin's Olympiastadion.
Marco Engelhardt put Nuremberg ahead in the third minute, pouncing on a loose ball in front of Oka Nikolov after the Frankfurt goalkeeper managed to only fist away a difficult shot from Russian international Ivan Saenko.
In front of a frenzied Nuremberg crowd of 47,000, Saenko doubled the lead for the hosts in the 25th minute.
He took a perfect pass through the Frankfurt defense on the right from Andreas Wolf and his crisp shot from the right went between Nikolov's legs.
Tomas Galasek made it 3-0 for Nuremberg, who were beaten 4-2 by Bayern Munich in 1982 when they last reached the Cup final, with a curling free kick around the Frankfurt wall into the top left corner in the 54th minute.
Substitute striker Chhunly Pagenburg's breakaway goal in the 89th minute sealed it, making it 4-0 to Nuremberg.
"We didn't play magic football but we deserved to win, even if 2-0 or 3-1 might have more accurately reflected the match," Nuremberg coach Hans Meyer said.
Frankfurt coach Friedhelm Funkel agreed.
"Nuremberg were simply better," he said. "Last year we beat them in the round of 16. This year they beat us. I hope they take the Cup so we can say we were beaten by the cup winners."
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