The 2012 Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year winner Zhang Xizhe helped the thriving Beijing Guoan get the better of the Shanghai Shenhua in a thrilling 2-1 home victory on Saturday. The match took place in the fourteenth round of the ongoing 2016 Chinese Super League (CSL) season.

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The former Bundesliga club Vfl Wolfsburg footballer was able score the two goals for the Imperial Guard in a span of three minutes and hand the Beijing Guoan's the victoy. 

Zhang Xizhe, a native of Wuhan, Hubei, scored the first goal for the 2009 CSL champion side in the 66th minute of the match. The 25-year-old Chinese midfielder then netted the second goal of the game in 69th minute.

Senegalese striker Demba Ba of the Shanghai Shenhua made the game a thrilling one by nailing in a goal in the 83rd minute, but the visiting team still lost, as the Greenland Group-owned club failed to catch up with the Xie Feng-led squad.

Beijing Guoan currently sits in the eight spot of the 16-club Chinese league. They have garnered a total of 20 points in 14 matches played, with five victories, five draws and four defeats. The side has been on a five-game winning streak since the club dismissed Italian coach Zaccheroni last month.

In other matches, Changchun Yatai defeated Henan Jianye 1-0 to register their third win of the tournament. Bolivian forward Macelo Moreno of the Lee Jang-soo-led club netted a goal in the 74th minute of the game via a free-kick, handing Henan Jianye its second defeat in as many rounds.

Hangzhou Greentown finally got their first win in the last 12 rounds after edging Hebei China Fortune 1-0 onTan Yang's goal in the 26th minute of the game.

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