There was a click play, a ball that changed the course of the game and, eventually, the team’s rival. Kansas City Chiefs in it Super Bowl 2024 NFL. San Francisco 49ers This Sunday they had a spectacular and unforgettable comeback to win the Detroit Lions (34-31), after going 17 points down at halftime in the United States NFL National Conference (NFC) final.
With this victory, the 49ers, who had lost the NFC title games consecutively in the last two years, will play in Super Bowl LVIII against the Chiefs on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 49ers, favorites in this National Conference final, fell 7-24 at halftime but their stars Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and Brandon Aiyuk drove a 27-0 run before the collapse of the Lions who still do not qualify for a Super Bowl .
The Gambusinos recovered from a nightmare first half with a dream second half in which they scored 27 points led by “Mr. Irrelevant” Purdy, who had 267 yards and a touchdown pass. Christian McCaffrey also shined with 90 yards rushing and two scores on the ground.
Like last week against the Packers, the 68,000 fans at Levi’s Stadium had their hearts heavy during the big game against the Lions, the unexpected guests in these conference finals.
Detroit, which had only reached this stage once (1991), offered a master class in the running game in the first half against the renowned defense of San Francisco, the first seed in the conference.
Experienced quarterback Jared Goff (273 yards and a passing touchdown) drove two touchdowns from Jameson Williams and David Montgomery that put Detroit up 0-14 at the end of the first quarter.
McCaffrey appeared for the first time to close the gap but Detroit continued to dominate the run and scored another touchdown by Jahmyr Gibbs and a field goal by Michael Badgley to make it an astonishing 7-24.
The specter of a third consecutive elimination in the conference finals haunted the Santa Clara stadium (outskirts of Santa Clara) during halftime, where rapper Eminem, a fervent Detroit fan, was enjoying himself in the stands.
But fortune and bad decisions by the Detroit bench, which gave up two field goal attempts to go for touchdowns, caused a complete turnaround in the game.
That key action that was detailed at the beginning was a risky 51-yard pass from junior Brock Purdy that Brandon Aiyuk caught out of the air after it slipped out of the hands of cornerback Kindle Vildor.
The play made it easy for Purdy to connect with Aiyuk again for a six-yard touchdown. The pressure was on the Lions who quickly turned the ball over just 24 yards from their end zone, setting up another McCafffrey touchdown.
Detroit could no longer overcome San Francisco’s push and its own curse in the playoffs and soon found itself behind on the scoreboard with a 33-yard field goal by Jake Moody and a touchdown by Elijah Mitchell.
Jameson Williams provided excitement at the end with a score with just 56 seconds remaining but the Lions ended up suffering a heartbreaking loss that keeps them on the list of the only four teams that have not reached a Super Bowl.
2024-01-29 03:39:56
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