Kaizer Chiefs narrowly lose last game in Netherlands to FC Twente
This was a second competitive outing for Amakhosi against a Dutch top flight team in two days having beaten PEC Zwolle, who finished 10th in last season's Eredvisie, 1-0 on Tuesday.
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