MADRID, 23 (EUROPA PRESS)
The duels between the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals, in the American, and between the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers, in the National, will star in the conference finals in the US NFL, the last step to the Super Bowl in Glendale (Arizona) of the next February 12, after the dispute this weekend of the Divisional Rounds.
In the American Conference, the Chiefs reached the title fight for the fourth consecutive season where they will repeat against the Bengals in search of revenge from last year, when they fell at Arrowhead 24-27 and were left without fighting for Vince Lombardi.
Andy Reid’s team knew how to overcome the physical problems of its star, Patrick Mahomes, to contain and beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-20, led by a great Travis Kelce, author of two ‘touchdowns’.
Now, the Chiefs’ concern is to recover their quarterback’s ankle as soon as possible to receive Joe Burrow and his Bengals this Sunday, who put on a good defensive display to beat the Buffalo Bills at home, the second best conference team. Cincinnati, who lost the Super Bowl to the Los Angeles Rams last year, did not let Josh Allen and company maneuver too much to win under the snow with authority 10-27.
On the other hand, in the National, the best franchise of the regular season in this conference did not fail either and returned five years later to the final after getting rid of the New York Giants 38-7 with great force and with the good news of health of his ‘QB’ Jalen Hurts, weighed down by shoulder problems before the postseason.
In search of returning to the Super Bowl, the Eagles will have to get rid of the team that is in the best shape at present, such as the San Francisco 49ers, in the conference finals for the third time in the last four seasons.
The team led by Kyle Shanahan used their defense to put an end to the Dallas Cowboys’ dream of being back at the gates of the ring 28 years later, with a 19-12 win, the twelfth consecutive win for the Californian franchise. In a disputed game, there was only one ‘touchdown’ for each side, the decisive one for the locals by Christian McCaffey and the one scored by Dalton Schultz at the beginning of the second quarter for the visitors.
