Goal 45 for Bayern's Lewandowski, Black Lives Matter, face masks, weeds in the stands - the German Cup semi-final in pictures

Another surreal night as Bayern Munich chase another double

Bayern Munich's Ivan Perisic scores their first goal during the 2-1 victory at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Cup semi-final on Wednesday, June 10. AP

Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng wears a shirt referring to the Black Lives Matter movement before the match. EPA

View of a corner flag referring to the Black Lives Matter movement prior to the German DFB Cup semi final match between Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt. EPA

Bayern Munich's Spanish midfielder Javier Martinez wears a face mask as he arrives for the match. AFP

Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara arrives at the stadium. EPA

Bayern Munich' goalkeeper Manuel Neuer warms up. EPA

Bayern Munich's Kingsley Coman warms up. EPA

Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski prepares for the game. EPA

Weed grows in the stands with fans barred from entering the stadium. EPA

Empty seats in the VIP area prior to the German Cup semi final between Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt. EPA

Eintracht Frankfurt players warm up. EPA

A TV camera operator wears a protective face mask. EPA

Medics wait in the stands as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus. Reuters

Timothy Chandler wearing a shirt referencing the Black Lives Matter campaign. Getty

Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller during the semi final. EPA

Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (R) and president Herbert Hainer sit in the stands. AFP

Danny da Costa of Bayern Munich scores his sides first goal. Getty

Eintracht Frankfurt's Danny da Costa scores their equaliser. AP

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates with teammates after scoring the winning goal. AP

The Allianz Arena on match night. Getty

Eintracht Frankfurt's goalkeeper Kevin Trapp in front of empty stands. EPA

Eintracht Frankfurt's goalkeeper Kevin Trapp (L) shakes hands with Bayern Munich's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after the match. EPA

Kingsley Coman of Bayern Munich wears a shirt to warm up in with a message in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign. Getty

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski, right, scores his goal. AP

Eintracht Frankfurt coach Adi Hutter, and Bayern's, Hansi Flick (l) at the end of the game. AP

Bayern's Robert Lewandowski in action with Eintracht Frankfurt's Kevin Trapp. Reuters

Robert Lewandowski scored the winning goal as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 to reach the German Cup final, with both teams paying tribute to the global protests against the killing of George Floyd.

Lewandowski netted his 45th goal of the season in the 74th minute as Bayern stayed on track for fifth a German league and cup double in eight years. They will face Bayer Leverkusen in the final on July 4 in Berlin.

Eintracht wore shirts with a #blacklivesmatter hashtag across the chest, alongside the sponsor logo. Bayern had the same message on their corner flags, warm-up shirts and some boards at the side of the field.

Bayern dominated the game, a rematch of the 2018 cup final, from the start, but allowed Frankfurt brief hopes of a comeback late on.

Lewandowski pulled Eintracht’s entire three-man back line out of position for the first goal, allowing Ivan Perisic space for a diving header off a lobbed pass from Thomas Muller in the 14th minute.

Frankfurt substitute Daichi Kamada changed the game almost immediately after coming on, delivering a smart pass on the turn for Danny Da Costa to hammer in an equaliser in the 69th.

But Bayern were back in the lead six minutes later through Lewandowski, though he had to wait for the video assistant referee system to overturn a mistaken offside call against his teammate Alphonso Davies.

“We should have scored one or two more goals in the first half,” Bayern coach Hansi Flick said in televised comments. “In the second half we made it harder for ourselves."