Just reading the front page of the Gulf Times. It says that Asian Cup organisers are considering giving a refund to the 700 or so supporters who were locked out of the final despite having tickets.

ONLY 700!!! I have seen posts on here claiming upwards of 5,000!!!

Oh hang on... I just read a little more. There were around 3,000 outside the stadium, but only around 700 of them had tickets.

Well that explains it then.