THE Kansas City Chiefs From Patrick Mahomes and the San Francisco 49ers From Brock Purdy They will play for glory this Sunday in a clash of the titans superbowlheld for the first time at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, a city paralyzed for the most important event of the year in American sports. The match will be played starting at 8.30pm (Argentine time) and will be broadcast on television ESPN AND Fox Sports.
All in one game. The Chiefs are sixty minutes away from winning their second consecutive Super Bowl and their third since 2020. The 49ers, just one step away from raising the Vince Lombardi trophy to the sky after 29 years of waiting.
Although the 49ers start as slight favorites in the City of the Game, the Chiefs of Mahomes, the most representative quarterback in the NFL compared only to Tom Brady, have highlighted that they have different ideas.
“I understand that we are not favourites, we have had ups and downs during the season, but I never have the feeling of not being favorites in a match”Chiefs coach Andy Reid said as much in a press conference Thursday.
The Chiefs reach the final act of the season after overcoming a very challenging path in the playoffs. The eleven wins and six defeats in the regular season forced them to play three games, two of which away from home, to reach Las Vegas. They eliminated the Miami Dolphins and then won against the Buffalo Bills and against MVP Lamar Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens.
Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce, who led the Chiefs to four Super Bowls in five years, showed up in key moments. The quarterback is building a dynasty in Kansas City and this Sunday will become the first player at his position to start four Super Bowls before turning 30.
He will need his best version to take down the 49ers who arrive in Las Vegas hungry for glory. They have won five titles in their history, but they haven’t won the Vince Lombardi Trophy since 1995 and have already lost a Super Bowl to the Chiefs in 2020.
The 49ers were also defeated by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2013 Super Bowl, but this year they arrive with the utmost confidence in a stellar team, led by quarterback Brock Purdy, and with an arsenal of offensive resources led by Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel and George Kittle.
McCaffrey was honored last Friday as the best offensive player, after a season in which he totaled 1,459 rushing yards and fourteen touchdowns. Per reception he had 564 yards and seven touchdowns.
Along with Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and Kittle, the 49ers were the third-best offensive team in the NFL, scoring 491 points.
A 2 billion dollar stadium
Allegiant Stadium, which opened in 2020, is the second most expensive stadium in the United States at a cost of nearly $2 billion, an investment surpassed only by SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, which cost $4.9 billion.
The stadium in Las Vegas, home of the Raiders, has a capacity of 65,000 spectators and tickets for the Super Bowl, a few hours before the game, are still on sale on online platforms for amounts between 5,700 and 45,000 dollars.
Although the price has dropped in the last few hours, many 49ers and Chiefs fans who arrived in Las Vegas without tickets will see the game in some bars in the city.
On the Las Vegas Strip there is a clear numerical superiority of 49ers fans, many of whom are of Latino origin.
Source: Clarin
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