Super Bowl LIII

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<br>Super Bowl LIII (English Super Bowl LIII) – 53rd Super Bowl game, the decisive game of the National Football League in the 2018 season. The match took place on February 3 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in (Georgia, USA).<br><br>It was the third Super Bowl in Atlanta and previously hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 at the Georgia Dome.<br><br>The best team of the American Football Conference – „New England” and the National Football Conference – „Los Angeles Rams” got the right to play in the match.<br>Background of the game<br>The teams had previously met at Super Bowl XXXVI on February 3, 2002. The Patriots defeated the Rams, then St. Louis, to win their first trophy, with only Patriots quarterback Tom Brady remaining in that match.<br><br>Rams, as the home team in the annual rotation between the AFC and NFC teams, decided to choose a blue and for the match.<br><br>The NFL has officially kicked off its centenary celebrations at Super Bowl LIII, ahead of its 100th season, which kicked off later this year on September 5th.<br>Media and Show<br>Before the start of the game, Gladys Knight sang the National Anthem of the United States.<br><br>On January 13, 2019, the NFL officially announced that pop group Maroon 5 will be headlining Super Bowl LIII. She was joined by Outkast’s Big Boi and Travis Scott as guests. Artists who agreed to perform at Super Bowl LIII have faced criticism over the NFL’s appeal and alleged blacklisting of Colin Kaepernick for protesting police brutality by down during the national anthem ahead of the games Several artists were reportedly turned down offers to play in the game ..<br><br>CBS hosted Super Bowl LIII as part of its annual cycle between the three major broadcast partners of the NFL, which became its 20th anniversary. As with the previous CBS Super Bowl (Super Bowl 50), ESPN Deportes broadcast the game in Spanish. CBS used a total of 115 cameras to show the game, including 8 in the end zone (end zones) – for the first time in sports broadcasting of the US network, as well as augmented reality graphics at the field level and „close” (the latter is created using a wireless handheld camera).<br><br>With a base price of just over $ 5 million for a 30-second ad, Super Bowl ad costs are unchanged from the previous three years. As of early January, most of the ad time has been sold out, with the exception of a few spots in the second half of the game.<br><br>Anheuser-Busch made the largest promotional purchase ever for the Super Bowl, with eight different commercials of varying lengths (total duration of 5 and a half minutes of airtime) for 7 products, including three advertised during the game for the first time.<br>The game<br>The New England Patriots won the Super Bowl for the sixth time, beating the Los Angeles Rams 13-3, and on par with the Pittsburgh Steelers.<br><br>Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman was voted Most Valuable Player of the match with 10 attacks on 141 yards. He became the second Patrite player after Tom Brady to win the MVP title of the match. And Tom Brady himself became the most titled player in the league – six times the owner of the NFL champion’s ring.<br><br>The game became the most ineffective in Super Bowl history. The teams scored just 16 points for two, beating Super Bowl VII in which 21 points were scored. And the first half, which ended 3-0, was the second most scoring after Super Bowl IX, where the score after the half was 2-0.<br>First half<br>The Patriots gained their first possession as the Patriots returner returned the opening 38 yards to the Patriots’ 39-yard line and the team scored 27 yards with their next five rallies. But on Tom Brady’s first pass that day, Nickel Robie-Coleman hit the ball, allowing defender Corey Littleton to intercept. The interception was unsuccessful, and after the pant the Patriots went 45 yards in 11 rallies. The Patriot kicker missed a field goal attempt from 46 yards while still holding the score 0-0. The Rams beat the pant again. The Patriots attacked. But in the next game, Brady was harshly stopped by defenseman John Franklin-Myers. The fumble that happened was picked up by the Patriot in midfield, but the team managed to reach the 40s of the Rams and were forced to punt the pant on 4 down 18 seconds before the end of the first quarter.<br><br>The Patriots soon managed 39 yards in seven rallies. Gostkowski ended the possession with a 42-yard field goal, giving the team a 3-0 lead with 10:29 left in the second quarter. After the next three drives ended with antlers, the Patriots took the ball and walked 36 yards to Rams’ 32-yard line. But in an attempt to play 4th and 1st, Brady threw an uncaught pass with 1:16 left on the clock.<br><br>The two teams entered their dressing rooms when the Patriots won 3-0.<br>Second half<br>The defensive battle continued in the second half. At 6:33, left in the third quarter, the Rams opened their first drive in over five rallies. At 3rd and 7th off the 26-yard Patriots line, Goff lost 9-yards, but Greg Zerlein was able to pull off a 53-yard field goal, the second longest in Super Bowl history, to draw a 3-3 draw at 2:11. left in the third quarter. The Patriots took the ball and went to Rams’ 44-yard line, but couldn’t go any further and had to hit the pant. For the first time in Super Bowl history, both teams have gone three-quarters without a touchdown.<br><br>After the Rams lost the ball, the Patriots set the game’s longest pass with Brady playing many rallies to bring them to the Rams’ 2-yard line. In the next rally, the Patriots made the first touchdown of the match which gave the Patriots a 10-3 lead with seven minutes remaining. In the first game of the Rams’ next move, Goff completed a 19-yard pass to Kuks. In the next game, his 17-yard finish at Woods moved the ball to the Patriots’ 27-yard line. But with just over 4 minutes in play, Goff threw a pass that was intercepted by Stephon Gilmour on the 3-yard line.<br><br>In the second game of the Patriots’ holdings, Michel burst through the scrum line for a 26-yard run. Three games later, the kicker successfully executed a 41-yard field goal, giving the Patriots a 13-3 lead with 1:12 left on the clock. Taking the ball back to their 25s, the Rams made it to half the Patriots. With 8 seconds left, the Rams decided to score a field goal followed by a side kick attempt, but Zerlein missed from 48 yards and the Patriots ran out in the last few seconds of game hours<br><br> Super Bowl LIII. New England Patriots 13-3 Los Angeles Rams<br><br>Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Town: Atlanta (Georgia)<br>date: February 3, 2019Viewers: 70081Referee: John Parry