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Werder Bremen struck twice in the second half to beat Martin Jol's Hamburg 3-2 to reach the Uefa Cup final against Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk.

Werder, who went through on the away goals rule after the tie ended 3-3 on aggregate, scored through Claudio Pizarro and Frank Baumann in the final 24 minutes.

Both goals contained an element fortune. Pizarro's strike from 25 yards dipped viciously but was misjudged horribly by Hamburg goalkeeper Frank Rost whose weak-wristed attempt to turn the ball around the post only helped it into the net.

Baumann's goal came about after a bizarre incident near the corner flag in which the ball bobbled up off an object that had been thrown onto the pitch and deflected out for a corner after a mishit clearance. The resulting corner was glanced towards goal at the near-post and finished off by Baumann to leave Hamburg stunned.

Hamburg, who won 1-0 in the first leg, had been the better team in the opening half and deserved the lead they took in the 12th minute through Ivica Olic before Brazilian Diego levelled for Werder after half an hour. It was Olic who struck again in the 87th minute but there was not sufficient time remaining to score the crucial goal they needed to progress to the final.

Earlier in the day Shakhtar became the first Ukrainian team to reach the final when they beat fellow Ukrainians Dynamo Kiev 2-1 at home for a 3-2 aggregate victory.

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