Orlando Pirates will come back home with only the silver medals after they lost the second leg of the Caf Confederations Cup final 1-0 to Etoile due Sahel in Tunisia on Sunday afternoon.
The game ended 2-1 on aggregate to Etoile.
Pirates went into the game at the Stade Olympique de Sousse on a back foot having drawn the first leg 1-1 at home.
Things got off to a rough start for the Buccaneers when Etoile opened the scoring 23 minutes into the game when a Happy Jele miscue somehow ended up in the back of his own net.