The 28-year-old Chan, affectionately nicknamed "Aw Yuen", which translates as beef ball, became the first woman to guide a men's team in a top-flight continental competition when she led the Hong Kong champions out at the Tianhe Stadium on Wednesday. Scolari, who embraced Chan after the game, said the red cards had distorted the nature of the contest. "Of course losing the game is a very big disappointment, but we learned we need to adjust our mentality as soon as possible. And in a competition like this the pace is quite different from that we encounter in Hong Kong... it's our debut and naturally we'll make mistakes." The Hong Kong club's next match in the competition is a home game against Japan's Kawasaki Frontale on March 1.

Source: The Star February 23, 2017 11:48 UTC