Spectacular comeback in the Super Bowl: Chiefs triumph

With the Vince Lombardi Trophy in hand and in the rain of confetti, the Chiefs' two most important football stars shouted their joy about the 38:35 win against the Philadelphia Eagles into the microphone and received a chorus in response. “We are Super Bowl champions. Let’s go,” shouted the outstanding quarterback Mahomes on Sunday evening (local time) on the small stage at State Farm Stadium.

The 27-year-old has been playing in the NFL for six years and is now a two-time Super Bowl champion, two times the game's most valuable player and two times the main round's most valuable player. “That’s Pat Mahomes,” shouted his congenial partner Kelce – and started “Fight for Your Right” by the Beastie Boys. Shortly before halftime, Mahomes limped off the field, still injured, and then led the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl triumph in team history. Kicker Harrison Butker decided the game with a field goal eight seconds before the end.

14:24 p.m. to break The Chiefs had earned the party night with a comeback that had only ever happened once before in a Super Bowl. The score was 14:24 at the break, and only one team had turned around a double-digit deficit at halftime in 27 previous cases.

Kansas City turned up the heat after the break. © APA / GREGORY SHAMUS

First, Rihanna caused a sensation with her comeback appearance at the halftime show and then with the news of her second pregnancy - then Mahomes & Co. delivered the big gala. Also because the Chiefs scored three touchdowns from the first three offensive series after the break, the outstanding performance of Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts went uncrowned. His three runs for a touchdown and a touchdown pass were still a Super Bowl record.

“Philadelphia had a great game. But we are the cheeeeeeeeeeeefs,” said coach Andy Reid with a smile at the award ceremony. Mahomes was “phenomenal” with his three touchdown passes. “He’s the MVP. There is no need to say more. He showed that today.”

Mahomes in seventh heaven Before being honored as the most valuable player in the Super Bowl, Mahomes had already been named the most valuable player in the main round last week. He is now the first professional since 1999 to win the Super Bowl and the MVP title in the same season. It was also the second victory in the Super Bowl for Chiefs coach Reid. The Eagles won the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the only time so far in 2018.

In a Super Bowl full of historic firsts, Hurts put an exclamation point on his own chapter. He and Mahomes are the first duo of black quarterbacks in a Super Bowl and also the youngest together. There has also never been a duel between brothers before: Travis Kelce from the Chiefs and Jason Kelce from the Eagles changed that in Arizona. With two wins in the most important football game in the world, Travis Kelce, the younger of the two brothers, now has the “ultimate bragging rights,” as his older brother announced earlier in the week.

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Spectacular comeback in the Super Bowl: Chiefs triumph

After the triumph in one of the most spectacular Super Bowls in history, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce gave the lead singers for the fans of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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