The Super Bowl spectacle starts in Miami on February 2: The San Francisco 49ers meet the Kansas City Chiefs. In the AFC Championship Game, the team around the outstanding quarterback Patrick Mahomes prevailed against the surprise team Tennessee Titans.
The San Francisco 49ers with their German linebacker Mark Nzeocha and the Kansas City Chiefs are in the 54th Super Bowl of the National Football League (NFL) on February 2nd in Miami. The 49ers defeated the Green Bay Packers 37:20 in the semifinals. The Chiefs around the outstanding quarterback Patrick Mahomes prevailed 35:24 against the favorite scare Tennessee Titans.
Nzeocha is the first German professional football player since Sebastian Vollmer who has the chance to win the Super Bowl. Vollmer was successful with the New England Patriots in 2014 and 2017, but was not used the second time due to injury.
The 49ers could again rely on their strong defense and running game. The outstanding player of the gold helmets was running back Raheem Mostert with four touchdowns and 220 yards of space. At the break, the five-time Super Bowl champion was in the lead 27-0. Kicker Robbie Gould scored three field goals. For San Francisco it is the first participation in the Super Bowl since 2013 – at that time the team around quarterback Colin Kaepernick lost to the Baltimore Ravens. In 1981, 1984, 1989, 1990 and 1995 the Californians won under the direction of the quarterbacks Joe Montana (4) and Steve Young.
Mahomes’ outstanding performance led the Kansas City Chiefs to the Super Bowl for the third time in their history. The 24-year-old threw three touchdown passes, and just before the break he gave the game the decisive turning point when he scored a touchdown with an improvised run and put his team in the lead 21:17.
The Titans had previously eliminated defending champions New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens, the best regular-time team, with away wins. In Kansas City they were leading 10-0 and 17: 7, but in the end Mahomes was unstoppable. In contrast, Tennessee’s runnick back Derrick Henry only gained 69 yards of space.
For the Chiefs it is the third participation in the final of the National Football League (NFL). In 1970 they won the Super Bowl against the Minnesota Vikings, three years earlier they had lost in the first Super Bowl ever against the Green Bay Packers.
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