One game to go

Citizen can save themselves from relegation on the 4th of May.
But will they?

Here's the current Hong Kong top flight as a Cann table:

36 South China 26
35
34
33
32 Kitchee 17
31
30
29
28
27 Tuen Mun -3
26
25
24
23 Southern -3
22 BC Rangers -13
21
20
19 Yokohama FC -9
18 Sun Pegasus 0, Tai Po -10
17 Citizen 3, Sun Hei -8

A draw against Kitchee (last year's champions) could be enough for Citizen to avoid the drop but a number of other results would then also decide their fate.

A Citizen win will save them from relegation regardless of what else happens, because Yokohama and Tai Po are playing each other. Citizen's positive goal difference is helpful here. 

Basically, every team in the bottom half could go down. Fun. Here's hoping Kitchee can't be bothered, since they can neither catch South China nor be caught by Tuen Mun.

Though much is taken, much abides

Last weekend I was helping out at the kids' capoeira class, minding the queue of miniature humans while they waited their turn to go and do a handstand or whatnot.

Their conversation turned to the subject of cordas and moving up to one colour or another. 

"She started when she was just little," said one, "that's why she already has a purple belt."

"I'm already nine," said another. "I just hope I can get up to yellow, that's all."

What hope, then, for those who begin in their late twenties or thirties? 

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