The Los Angeles Rams built their team with players who still believed they had something to prove. He ended the season as the winner of the Super Bowl, the final of the NFL, the professional football league.
The team defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on Sunday night (13), at home. It was the fourth NFL title won by the franchise, which has already passed through Cleveland, St. Louis and is in its second stint in Los Angeles. Two of them (1945 and 1951) took place before the Super Bowl era, which began in 1967.
It was an unforgettable moment especially for quarterback Matthew Stafford. After 12 years with the Detroit Lions and getting nowhere, he asked to be traded to another team because he wanted a shot at the Super Bowl. That’s when the Rams came along.
But the team also hired linebacker Von Miller, already a title winner with the Denver Broncos. Receiver Odel Beckham Jr arrived to team up with Cooper Kupp, one of the best in the NFL.
The match took place at the Rams’ stadium, SoFi Stadium. Opened in 2020, it cost US$ 5.5 billion (R$ 29 billion in current values). It is the most expensive sports arena ever built.
The halftime show featured rappers Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Snoop Dog and Mary J. Blige. Another rapper, 50 Cent, made a cameo. It was the first time that rap was the predominant song in Super Bow’s musical performances.
During the performance, Eminem knelt on stage. It was a tribute to quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who became an anti-racism activist and sues the NFL for claiming clubs banded together not to sign him.
He initiated the gesture of kneeling in the performance of the American national anthem, in protest.
The start of the game made it look like the Los Angeles Rams would easily win. The team opened up a 14-3 lead. Matthew Stafford was able to find his main receivers, Odel Beckham Jr and Cooper Kupp, with ease. They each scored a touchdown.
But in a move that seemed harmless, Beckham Jr twisted his knee and had to leave the game. For him, it had everything to be the greatest moment of his career. After being traded to the New York Giants and failing the Cleveland Browns, the Rams signing during the season just ended was his redemption.
But the few, as had already happened in their other games in the playoffs, the Bengals balanced. The two interceptions thrown by Stafford helped. Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow kept his offense clean. In the first minutes of the third quarter, they were winning by 20 to 13.
From then on, the final was dominated by the defenses and the pitchers didn’t find time to make passes. When the fourth and final period began, the score was in favor of the Bengals at 20 to 16. Joe Burrow had to be attended to on the lawn and limped out after taking a blow to his right knee, the same one he had injured.
The game was indecisive until a streak of fouls with less than two minutes to go put the Rams within yards of scoring the decisive touchdown. That’s what happened when Stafford found the pass for Kupp to decide the Super Bowl. The Bengals didn’t get the comeback.
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