Who will be the winner of the Super Bowl? The very complete team of the Los Angeles Rams, pushed by their supporters, or the Cincinnati Bengals of the phenomenon Joe Burrow, who no one saw coming? The refreshing poster of the fifty-sixth edition promises suspense in the brand new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (Los Angeles County).
The American football match will begin on Sunday (from 12:30 a.m. Paris time) in front of 70,000 spectators. The traditional halftime musical show, highly anticipated each year, will be hosted by Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Blige.
New generation
Another sign of the passage of time is the first National Football League (NFL) championship final of the post-Tom Brady era, which ended the 1er February to his prodigious career, lasting twenty-two seasons, with seven rings won, the last of which in 2021 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Even if Los Angeles has the favor of the bookmakers, it is difficult to know which of the two quarterbacks, that everything opposes or almost, will succeed him and lift the Vince-Lombardi trophy. The new generation is in any case in the spotlight tonight: the future champion, whether Matthew Stafford or Joe Burrow, two neophytes at this stage, will be crowned for the first time. Just like the coach, Sean McVay (Rams) or Zac Taylor (Bengals), who form respectively 36 and 38 years old the youngest coaching duo of a Super Bowl.
“JoeCool”
Joe Burrow, 25, is experiencing the thrills of a Super Bowl in his second season. His penchant for bling-bling (cigars, flashy jewelry and fur coats in support), which the rap stars present on Sunday would not deny, amuses, but his tenacity and his composure impressed in the playoffs.
Especially since “Joe Cool”, a nickname given in reference to the four-time NFL champion in the 1980s Joe Montana, has come a long way. Seriously injured in a knee fifteen months ago, he got up stronger to transform into potential champion the Bengals, a bottom line team long decked out with the nickname “Bungles” (“blunders”). An underdog story that finds an echo in Eminem’s hit Lose Yourselfdedicated to the underestimated who end up triumphing.
“I don’t compare myself to anyone. I’m trying to be the best Joe Burrow I can be.”evacuated the interested party, who finally intends to crown the Bengals after two finals lost in 1982 and 1989: “I’m tired of watching movies, I just want to play. »
Triplet of shock
The ball also burns the hands of the Rams, who seem better armed on all lines. Matthew Stafford, 34, has two formidable receivers in his sights with whom he has established an almost telepathic agreement in a few months. On the one hand, Cooper Kupp and his steel physique that no one has been able to stop this season; on the other, Odell Beckham Jr, a long-time individualist star, who arrived in LA during the championship with a low profile and whose goal of redemption makes it all the more dangerous.
With this shock triplet, the Rams are hopeful of adding a second Super Bowl to their list, twenty-two years after the first, under their Californian sun which should heat up to 30°C in the heart of the afternoon.