Kuranyi leads Schalke to final
Afp, Nuremberg
German international striker Kevin Kuranyi helped Schalke 04 blitz Nuremberg by setting up three goals in seven minutes to seal the Royal Blues' 4-2 League Cup semifinal win on Tuesday.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 then 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 grabbed a late second goal. Schalke will face the winner's of Wednesday's semifinal between VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich.
| 
