UD Almería's path to Spain's top football division enters a decisive phase with the playoff semi-final against CD Castellón. The program 'La Voz del Almería' on Cadena SER has brought together expert voices to analyze the keys to the matchup.

Dani Romera, a footballer currently playing for Borac in Bosnia, league champions and qualified for the Champions League preliminary round, expressed his "total confidence" in Almería's squad. "We have a very good squad capable of achieving promotion to the First Division," he stated, while also warning about the importance of "maximum concentration" as "what comes now is another world". Romera, born in La Cañada, will watch the match "from a distance".

For his part, Juanjo Aguilera, a journalist from Diario IDEAL, showed "some uncertainty" regarding the team's away performance. "Almería away has not shown the strength required to fight for promotion," he noted, although he recalled that "the playoff is a separate competition" and that UDA "has lost three playoffs in recent years". Despite this, he encouraged listeners to "believe, more with the heart than with the head".

Carlos Felipe, from UDA Radio, the official club station, highlighted that Almería "has not tiptoed into the playoffs" and that the opponent "in Castalia will not give us any favors". He emphasized that "in finals, the best players make the difference" and that the red-and-white team has "a large number of players of that profile". Felipe stressed the need to "cut the fuse" of the opponent to "tie their hands".

Other journalists such as Carlos Miralles and Rafa Góngora, both from La Voz de Almería and Cadena SER, agreed on the importance of the match. Miralles described the tie as "50-50%" and appealed for positivity, while Góngora defined it as "the first real final" and expressed faith in players like Arribas, Embarba, Lopy, and Miguel. Góngora also warned that "Almería's worst enemy is Almería itself".