Hrgota sends Eintracht Frankfurt into DFB-Pokal final

Berlin - Branimir Hrgota scored the decisive spot-kick after a lengthy penalty shootout as Eintracht Frankfurt beat Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday to reach the DFB-Pokal final.

The club will play either Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund, who meet on Wednesday, in the May final.

Taleb Tawatha gave Frankfurt a 15th-minute lead at the Borussia Park but Jonas Hofmann equalised for the host in first-half stoppage time.

The scores finished 1-1 after 90 minutes and with an extra 30 minutes insufficient to find a winner, the semi-final went to penalties.

The first 12 spot-kicks were scored before Frankfurt goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky saved Andreas Christensen's effort for Borussia.

On-loan Manchester United full-back Guillermo Varela couldn't capitalise as Yann Sommer saved his penalty.

But Djibril Sow's spot-kick was the third in a row to be saved before Swedish midfielder Hrgota stepped up to fire home the winner.