Kansas City (United States) (AFP)

A new and exciting Super Bowl will oppose, for its 54th edition on February 2, Kansas City to San Francisco who qualified brilliantly, respectively at the expense of Tennessee (35-24) and Green Bay (37-20), Sunday in the finals NFL conferences.

Red and more red. Miami's Hard Rock Stadium will be monochrome in two weeks, but shouldn't be monotonous in terms of performance, a year after the dreary "Super Bore" (New York's sixth coronation against Los Angeles) Rams (13-3). Especially if we trust the lively and daring game proposed by the two finalists.

It had been fifty years, and the coronation obtained at the expense of Minnesota, that the Chiefs were waiting to return to the Super Bowl, of which they had also lost the first edition against Green Bay. Beaten after prolongation last year in the American conference final by the Patriots of Tom Brady, they have this time forced their destiny by putting it in the hands of Patrick Mahomes at the top of his game.

The MVP of last season, who undeniably gained in maturity and self-confidence in these play-offs, was the great man of this meeting. He is at the origin and at the conclusion of four of the five touchdowns of his team.

In its wake, the best attack in the NFL took over the formidable defense of the Titans, who had managed to thwart New England and Baltimore, yet favorite with in its rank the new star Lamar Jackson.

This time, Tennessee was unable to cope with the inspirations of Mahomes who, as during the second round against Houston (51-31), excelled in all areas: short passes, long passes, races. All while having been extremely well helped by the hard work of protecting his offensive line.

- Mostert quadruplet -

"I'm lucky to be part of this team with all these guys who make my job a lot easier," said Mahomes after the fact (294 yards on the pass, 23 successful shots).

After a first touchdown for Tennessee (10-0), in the race by Derrick Henry, the most feared offensive weapon of the Chiefs who did not weigh further, the QB of the Chiefs first found Tyreek Hill ( 10-7) before the end of the 1st quarter, then a second time before the break to further reduce the gap (17-14).

Doubt then invaded the Titans, who feared his throws so much that they left him spaces. He sanctioned them with a superb touchdown in the 27-yard race, which gave the Missouri franchise (21-17) the advantage for the first time.

In the final quarter, Kansas City accentuated it with a fourth touchdown from Damien Williams in the race, then a last from Sammy Watkins on receiving a pass, 60 yards long, from Mahomes (35-17 ) in the form of an apotheosis.

In San Francisco, in the wake of the unstoppable running-back Raheem Mostert, author of their four touchdowns in the race, the 49ers gave the Packers no chance. They also made too many mistakes in the first period against Californians who were happy to lead 27-0 at the break.

Aaron Rodgers, who dreamed of playing in a second final at 36, nine years after the title won against Pittsburgh, was hit twice. But, he showed pride in the second half, finding Aaron Jones - who added a second touchdown after the race - then Jace Sternberger in the in-goal.

But San Francisco, who relied little on the arm of quarterback Jimmy Garopppolo, had taken too far ahead thanks to Mostert (220 yards covered). His feat has also made untenable, on the edge of the field, the former glory Jerry Rice, who for his part had three touchdowns in the last coronation of the 49ers, in 1995 against San Diego.

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