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Hebei China Fortune beat Henan Jianye 4-3 in Chinese Super League

Xinhua, May 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

Hebei China Fortune beat Henan Jianye 4-3 at home in the eighth round of 2015 Chinese Super League (CSL) on Friday.

Henan Jianye' s Li Xiaoming scored the opener with a header in the third minute. Dong Xuechao collected Jiang Ning' s cross and made the equalizer for Hebei China Fortune in the 22nd. Dong' s good fortune continued while he gave the host the lead from Gervinho' s cross in the 31st.

Cote d'Ivoire star Gervinho broke forward and unleashed a wonderful strike into the net in the 34th, to hand the newcomer Hebei a two-goal advantage into the second half.

Henan regrouped after the break and still had the desire to get back to the match. At the 72nd minute, Olivio Da Rosa took the free kick for Henan and the substitute Chen Hao collected and scored. Three minutes later, Hebei' s Gael Kakuta scored the fourth goal in a quick attack. Yin Hongbo scored and helped Henan pull one back in the 84th.

The 4-3 result carries Hebei China Fortune to the fourth place of the League. Endit