Defending NFL champions Kansas City Chiefs to meet Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl 55 after AFC and NFC Championship wins

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs will face off in the Super Bowl after they defeated the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills respectively.

In Green Bay, controversy plagued the ending of the game after a pass interference call on defensive back Kevin King stopped any hopes of a Packer victory. The referees had been letting the players hand fight all game, and ignored many obvious calls earlier, but called this one after King pulled the receiver’s shirt. The game finished 31-26.

This match looked to be a carbon copy of their week six match-up after a last-second Scotty Miller touchdown meant Tampa Bay were up 21-10.

However, Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers led his team back into the game with a three-touchdown performance and two interceptions from Jaire Alexander and one from Adrian Amos. Rodgers finished the game with 346 yards off 33-for-48 passes. 

Trailing 31-26 just short of the two-minute warning, the Packers opted against going for it on fourth down and goal from the Bucs eight-yard line. This paved the way for Brady to run down the clock, after the interference call, as he booked his return to a remarkable 10th Super Bowl.

Brady finished with three touchdowns, three interceptions with 280 yards in the air off 20-for-36 passing. The Bucs defence finished with five sacks.

In a fortnight’s time, Tampa will looks to become the first team to win the Super Bowl in their own stadium.

In the second Championship game, the Kansas City Chiefs kept their hopes of a second-straight Super Bowl alive with a dominating 38-24 over the Buffalo Bills.

Even after being in concussion protocol for half of the week, Kansas’ star quarterback Patrick Mahomes proved his greatness with three touchdowns and 326 passing yards. 

It was a big offensive game for Tyreek Hill – who had nine catches for 172 yards and Travis Kelce – who had 13 catches for 118 yards.

Josh Allen and the Bills had led first, going up nine to nothing after mistakes from the Chiefs. A Hill deep ball drop and a muffed punt return from Mecole Hardman had put the underdogs in a great position against the defending champions. However, from that point onward it was all Kansas.

Allen did what he could, finishing with 287 passing yards off 28-for-48, threw two touchdowns and ran for 88 yards. He also threw one interception which was devasting for the Bills, allowing the Chiefs to build momentum.

Kansas City will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in two weeks down in Tampa for the Lombardi trophy.

Tampa Bay’s Brady is looking for his seventh title, while Kansas City’s Mahomes bids for his second.

By Charlie Parker