Siyabonga Ngezana's hopes of playing in the UEFA Champions League group stages could have come to an end on Tuesday night.
However, there remains another European path to chase for the Bafana Bafana defender.
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FCSB went down 3-2 at home to Czech club Sparta Prague to eventually suffer a 4-3 aggregate defeat.
The result extinguished the dream for Ngezana and his teammates, who were playing in front of a full house on an important night in Bucharest.
While being knocked at the third qualifying stage of the Champions League will count as bad news, there is still plenty to smile about for the former Kaizer Chiefs defender.
The good was that it was yet another night of playing 90 minutes for the 27-year-old.
Another positive is that FCSB will remain alive in continental club football, dropping down to play Austrian club LASK in the Europa League Play-Offs.
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The two legs will be played on August 22 and 29, with the winner proceeding to the group stages, which will feature Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, amongst others.
Yet another good for Ngezana is that he will be called up for the Bafana Bafana squad for the Group K AFCON qualifier games against Uganda and South Sudan.