- The Kansas team wins the San Francisco 49ers 31-20
- The young quarterback shines in the final leg of the match
With another excellent performance by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 on Sunday and proclaimed themselves the NFL Super Bowl 54 champions.
Mahomes completed 26 of 42 passes for 286 yards and two touchdown, which earned the 'Bosses' to break a 50-year drought without winning a Super Bowl. Marshal Mahomes frustrated the 49ers' attempt to win a sixth Super Bowl trophy. Jimmy Garoppolo, Marshal of the 49ers, was left wanting to reach a third ring of the Super Bowl, the first as a starting quarterback since the previous two managed to replace Tom Brady in the Patriots.
The Chiefs, named MVP of the game, continues to electrify the League with his mobility, arm power and a variety of passes. At 24, Mahomes came once again from behind, since with the adverse score 24-0 in the second quarter against Houston in the Divisional Series he ended up winning 51-31. Mahomes became the second youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl.
Good start of the 49ers
The Chiefs failed to complete their first offensive series starting the game and the 49ers took the ball with an organized attack led by Garoppolo to approach 30 yards from the desired zone. However, they couldn't complete it, but they had the option of kicking the ball for a 38-yard Robbie Gould field goal and going up 3-0.
After an advanced 15-game fight, Mahomes himself carried the ball to a diagonal yard for a touchdown and with the extra point of kicker Harrison Butker the 'Bosses' took control of the game 7-3. The Kansas City had to opt for the field goal Butker's 31-yard to increase his lead to 10-3.
Missing five minutes to halftime, San Francisco achieved a touchdown who tied the game 10-10. Garoppolo connected on a TD pass with Kyle Juszczyk. The kicker Gould completed the play with his field goal. The San Francisco defense was closed with a minute and a half left for halftime and Kansas City could not take advantage of its offensive series.
San Francisco then opened the third quarter with the joy that Colombian Shakira and Jennifer Lopez left in the environment at the halftime show and took the lead 13-10 with a Gould field goal of 42 yards.
The Californian team then pressed the accelerator when Raheem Mostert threw the ball into the end zone from the 1-yard line to go up 20-10, with 2:35 remaining in the third quarter. At the beginning of the last quarter Mahomes was intercepted for the second time in the game, in a play that could have cost Kansas City the game.
Mahomes goes into a trance
Mahomes trying to redeem himself approached little by little until yard 1 (he went 82 yards in nine plays) and with a pass to touchdown He connected with Travis Kelce and the 'Chiefs' approached 20-17. Kansas City then closed its defense and the San Francisco boys could not complete their offensive series with five minutes left.
Mahomes in nothing got five yards from where he later connected with Damien Williams for a touchdown and Kansas City went up 24-20 with 2:44 minutes to play. Then San Francisco lost its offensive opportunity and those from Kansas scored another touchdown through Willliams, who ran 38 yards to finally win the match 31-20.