Castellón draws with Cádiz, dimming playoff hopes

On a Friday night in mid-May, two clubs met at Castalia bound by opposite fears — one chasing the promise of a playoff, the other fleeing the shadow of relegation. The 1-1 draw that ended their encounter satisfied neither ambition fully, yet served each side differently: for Castellón, a point that feels like a wound; for Cádiz, a breath of survival in a suffocating season. In football, as in life, the same result can mean entirely different things depending on what you needed it to be.