BERLIN Deion Jones Shirt , Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Werder Bremen booked their berth for the semi-finals after turning the tides to 3-1 against Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Bremen's Santiago Garcia cancelled out Javier Hernandez' opener before Wendell's dismissal rang in Leverkusen's collapse before the break.
From the kick-off, Roger Schmidt's men took the reins against Bremen to reward themselves with the opener after 22 minutes in front of 24.104 spectators at BayArena. Bremen's Alejandro Galvaz felled Stefan Kiessling inside the box, allowing Javier Hernandez to break the deadlock from the penalty spot into the bottom right corner.
Bremen remained unimpressed and gained Keanu Neal Shirt , step-by-step, a foothold in the game. As a result, Bremen levelled the scores only eight minutes later through Santiago Garcia Takkarist McKinley Shirt , who deflected Fin Bartels'shot on target into the top left corner.
Bremen's equalizer shocked the hosts and things went from bad to worse after Wendell saw a straight red card following a foul play on Bartels inside the box at the 41st minute. Bremen veteran Claudio Pizarro stepped up and converted the awarded penalty to make it 2-1 on the scoreboards.
Despite one man down, Bayer Leverkusen left nothing undone to equalize the scores after the restart. However, Bremen's well-organised defence were able to neutralize the host's efforts albeit custodian Felix Wiedwald had to defuse Kevin Kampl' s shot on target with ten minutes remaining.
The visitors sealed the deal and semi-final tickets moments later when Florian Grilitsch capitalized on Claudio Pizarro's square pass inside the penalty area to slot home into the open goal for the 3-1 lead.
""Bremen deserve the victory and a place in the semi-finals. We are of course disappointed Alex Mack Shirt ,"" Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt said.
""Of course we are happy. We beat a very strong opponent on the road and sealed our progression into the last four. That's great,"" Bremen coach Viktor Skripnik said.
The following quarterfinal fixtures are scheduled for Wednesday: second division side Heidenheim host Hertha Berlin and second division club Bochum face Bayern Munich