13:3 against the Los Angeles Rams : New England Patriots win the Super Bowl

Americans love superlatives, and the majority of a sport, which carries the country on behalf of: American Football. The annual final of the National Football League (NFL) is, appropriately, a single superlative: biggest single-sport event in the world to call up to a billion viewers at the screens, more than a billion Chicken Wings, which are the only moves in the States on the first Sunday in February to triple - just a couple of crazy Numbers. There are many other find.

A new record, so much was already in front of the 53. Edition of the Super Bowls in the night to Monday clear, there was also this time again: When the Los Angeles Rams would decide the final, that would be Sean McVay, the youngest coach in the history to ever win a Super Bowl. And if there is its counterpart, if it would create the legendary Bill Belichick and his New England Patriots again, just Belichick as the oldest Coach with a championship in the history books of the NFL.

After a three and a half hour defensive battle in front of 75,000 spectators in Atlanta and the millions watching on television worldwide, it was veteran Belichick, 66, was with his Team again the better end: 13:3, it was finally for the New England Patriots. For the Team from Boston is the sixth championship, it was since 2002, all combination of Bill Belichick/Tom Brady won in the coach-Quarterback. For Belichick, it was one - in the sense of the word - another masterpiece. Against the second best Offensive of the League out of Los Angeles, the Patriots allowed a total of three points. "It was an incredible year, an incredible game," said Brady. "The Rams have played very well and made life hard for us," he added, and back up the view once more: "were We ever so far and have lost. That was really hard." A year ago, the Patriots in the final were surprisingly the Philadelphia Eagles.

The evening in the southern metropolis usual show program: According to the Intonation of the national anthem and the short visit of an aircraft squadron, which thundered through the stadium, began with the trading Bernice King, had their big show: the daughter of the legendary Atlanta-born civil rights activist Martin Luther King was the coin toss that determines first possession.

The game began with an Interception of Tom Brady

To everyone's surprise, the Rams decided to leave the Leathercraft first of all, the Patriots. In American Football it can be a great psychological advantage to bring the first points on the scoreboard, especially against such an experienced and abgezocktes Team like New England. "This is a very risky decision," said a TV pundit Tony Romo, former Quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. "But apparently they have great confidence in your Defensive." Right: Cory Littleton caught the first Pass from Star Quarterback Tom Brady from Interception.

at All the defense-dominated series: After 15 minutes, the spectators had seen in Atlanta, still no points. The so-called "Pass Rusher" of the Los Angeles Rams, the athletic Quarterback hunter Star defender Aaron Donald, managed to put Brady under pressure and to make difficult decisions. New England managed to move the Ball in the opposing half of the points jumped out. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski missed a Field Goal attempt from 48 Yards.

Sony Michel (26) scores the only Touchdown of the game.Photo: dpa

In the second quarter it made Gostkowski finally better and brought his Team converted a Field Goal in the lead - 3:0. On the opposite side, the Rams took offensive as well as nothing at all to be able to: New England was well-Gurley, a of the most dominant Running Backs in the League testing prepared on Todd. Rams Quarterback Jared Goff was also a lot of: to break Los Angeles had fabricated, the second-best offense in the regular season-57 Yards - an almost ridiculous value. Overall, had fallen to the break only three points, the last in 1975 there were less, in the case of the ninth edition of the Super Bowl.

nothing was Decided so long: American Football is a sport in which tactical changes at the break, a lot of can cause. No one knows this better than the New England Patriots: two years Ago, the Team from Boston turned in the Super Bowl a 3:21-mid-term residue and won 34:28 against the Atlanta Falcons. So far the theory.

16 points, there were a total of as in no Super Bowl

In practice, of saw the in the night to Monday in a different way: after the break (3:0) played in the Happen almost exclusively between the end zones. For people who do not regularly watch American Football, you must have the 2019er final in view of the few points extremely boring felt. Who battles on Defense and chess games with a 120-kilogram athlete, knew quite a bit to do with the setting. The Super Bowl LIII - he was with continued the course for lovers. Two minutes before the end of the third quarter, the Los Angeles Rams made up for in the Form of Field Goals by Kicker Greg Zuerlein.

In the last quarter, Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady proved once more that, especially in the "Crunch Time", which is to be expected, therefore, in the decisive Phase of the game, still with him, even in advanced athletes the age of 41 years. Brady led his Team with three strong passes in the vicinity of the end zone, Sony Michel did the Rest and pushed the Ball to the 10:3 leadership on the line. Seven minutes were on the clock. The Preliminary Decision?

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. Jared Goff and the Rams responded with a long series of attacks, which led almost to the finish. On the last Yards before the end zone, the Rams Quarterback threw the Ball into the arms of Cornerback Stephon Gilmore - it was the first Interception of the game for the 24-Year-olds. It should prove to be a crucial error: With the Routine of a team that had not won since 2002, five Championships, took the Patriots the entire time by the watch, saved their lead to the finish and cheered their sixth championship. Gostkowskis Field Goal for 13:3-end of one Minute and 16 seconds before the end only had statistical value. By the victory of New England also drew with the current NFL Champions: the Pittsburgh Steelers.