Pizarro grabs extra-time cup glory

Peruvian strikers Claudio Pizarro and Paolo Guerrero staged a rescue mission to send Bayern Munich through to the German Cup semi-finals with a 3-2 extra-time win over Mainz on Tuesday.

Holders Bayern fell behind to a Mohamed Zidan penalty in the 21st minute and took a long time to get going in the first game back after Germany's long mid-season break.

Pizarro grabbed an equaliser with a close-range header nine minutes from time and Guerrero glanced in another header in the fourth minute of extra-time to put Bayern ahead.

Petr Ruman scored with a sweet volley to equalise for Mainz in the first minute after the re-start before Pizarro clinched victory for Bayern five minutes from time with a 25-metre shot that went in off a post.

Werder Bremen are away to third division St Pauli, TSV 1860 Munich host Eintracht Frankfurt and Arminia Bielefeld are at home to Kickers Offenbach in the three remaining ties on Wednesday.

Bayern, who hold a six-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga, return to league action with an away match against Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday.