8月7日晚,第13屆亞洲杯足球賽決賽在北京工人體育場進(jìn)行,東道主中國隊(duì)以1:3負(fù)于上屆衛(wèi)冕冠軍日本隊(duì),屈居亞軍。由于對(duì)日本隊(duì)幾次有爭議的進(jìn)球極度不滿,中國隊(duì)主教練阿里·漢心情顯得非常糟糕,拒絕上臺(tái)領(lǐng)取亞軍銀獎(jiǎng)。外文報(bào)道如下:China coach Arie Haan refused to collect his runner-up medal in protest at the officiating of Kuwaiti referee Saad Kameel. runner-up表示“亞軍,亞軍隊(duì)”。據(jù)悉,阿里·漢在賽后態(tài)度強(qiáng)硬地表示:沒有去領(lǐng)獎(jiǎng)牌是因?yàn)槲也幌腩I(lǐng),我已經(jīng)說過了,這場比賽的結(jié)果我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)接受,所以我不會(huì)保存這塊獎(jiǎng)牌。