Queen of the South caused one of Scottish football's greatest shocks on Saturday with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup at Hampden to book its first ever appearance in the final. The First Division side had taken the lead through former Dons' player Steve Tosh but was pegged back by Andrew Considine before half time. In a terrific 12-minute spell five goals were scored, with Queens twice regaining their lead through Paul Burns and Sean O'Connor and Aberdeen leveling on both occasions through Barry Nicholson and then Considine. And in the 60th minutes the First Division team ended the goal feast when it took the lead for the fourth and final time through another former Don, John Stewart to clinch the famous victory in front of a crowd of 24,008. Queen of the South was playing in its first Scottish Cup semifinal since it lost to Rangers in 1950. And the Dumfries side made the brighter start and deservedly took the lead in the 22nd minute. Ryan McCann launched a high ball into the penalty box which should have been comfortably dealt with by Aberdeen goalkeeper Derek Soutar. However, under pressure, Soutar flapped at the cross, the ball fell to Queens' defender Andy Aitken and he rolled the ball back to Tosh who smashed it into the roof of the net from 12-yards. The Scottish Premier League, though, leveled in the 36th minute. Barry Nicholson's free-kick towards the back post was headed back across goal by Scott Severin and Considine rose to send a downward header into the corner of the net from six-yards. The equalizer should have handed Aberdeen the initiative after the break but instead it was the First Division side which regained its lead in the 48th minute – to kick-start a crazy 12 minute spell. Another former Dons player Stewart, who replaced Stephen Dobbie before half-time, made a fantastic run up the left before squaring for Burns and although his first-time shot was blocked by Severin he smashed the rebound into the top corner of the net. But in the 52nd minute Jimmy Calderwood's side was level. Maguire's cross from the left was met by Lee Miller and, although his header from six-yards forced MacDonald into a fantastic point-blank save, Nicholson was on hand to fire home from close range. Only four minutes later Queens was ahead for the third time. In the 58th minute Aberdeen leveled for a third time through Considine. The Aberdeen support would have hoped finally their side would live up to its billing as favorite but yet again it was the First Division side which took the lead in the 60th minute. Queen of the South held on to it to make Scottish footballing history.Werder behind Bayern Werder Bremen swept to a 5-1 home victory over Schalke 04 on Saturday to move up to second place behind Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. The goals came from Frank Baumann, Boubacar Sanogo, Markus Rosenberg and Ivan Klasnic, who scored twice, as Schalke once again paid the price for failing to take their chances. In other matches, Hanovr defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1, Hertha Berlin and VfL Bochum drew 1-1 and Energie Cottbus beat Arminia Bielefeld 1
