Super Bowl LVII: schedules, halftime show and where to watch the game from Colombia

Six months after the start of the 2022 NFL season, the Kansas City Chiefs made the predictions valid and led by Patrick Mahomes will face the Philadelphia Eagles in the 57th edition of the professional American football final in the United States. The new champion will be decided at the University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, on Sunday, February 12, 2023.

What time does Super Bowl LVII start and where to watch it in Colombia?

The 2023 Super Bowl will begin at 6:30 p.m. after the ceremony of the armed forces and the American anthem, which will be performed by country artist Chris Stapleton. The attraction that accompanies the event with the highest audience in the United States, which in its previous edition reached an average of 123 million global viewers, is not limited to sports: the halftime show, a unique exhibition platform for any artist, convenes millions in front of the television for fifteen minutes. The show that has seen stars such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Beyoncé, The Who or Jennifer López and Shakira parade, this year will be run by the Barbadian Rihanna.

Both the game and the Super Bowl LVII halftime show will be broadcast live to Colombia through the ESPN signal, on cable television. the app Star+, owned by Disney, will also offer the transmission of ESPN via streaming for cell phones, smart TVs, tablets and other mobile devices.

What time is Super Bowl halftime?

Rihanna will appear at the Super Bowl at approximately 7:45 p.m., after the first half of the game ends. This is the first live performance of the also businesswoman and designer after five years of absence on stage and seven since the launch of Anti (2016), his latest studio album.

Unlike the past ten years, in which Pepsi served as the NFL’s senior partner with full say in the production of the show, Rihanna’s appearance will mark the first halftime show resulting from a sponsorship deal between the league and Apple. Music, executive produced by rapper Jay-Z through his agency Roc Nation. Hence the setlist from Rihanna, the guest artists, the handling of the cameras during the transmission and the rest of the details of the halftime show are unknown.

Forecasts, bets and players to follow: the keys to the Super Bowl

For 57 years, the Super Bowl has pitted the two best teams in the American and National conferences for the title of NFL champion. In this edition, the Chiefs, champions of the American League after beating the Cincinnati Bengals, will face the Eagles (who won the National Conference title over the San Francisco 49ers) for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

While those led by Andy Reid have become regular contenders for the title with two appearances in the last three editions of the Super Bowl and their quarterbackPatrick Mahomes, is called to lead a new dynasty in the NFL, the Eagles return to Super Sunday after five years of absence, this time with a dominant defense and a running game at the level of the best in history.

Super Bowl LVII is shaping up to be one of the closest in decades. Both the Chiefs and Eagles enter the clincher as the top two teams in their conference, sharing a 16-3 record between the regular season and playoffs. The offensive power of Kansas City and Philadelphia is also identical: both accumulate 546 points scored throughout the nineteen games of the season.

The most attractive matchup and one of the keys on Sunday lies in the matchup between the Chiefs’ offense and the Eagles’ passing defense, the best in their class during the season. The reflectors will also be on the ankle of Patrick Mahomes: the engine of the Kansas City offense is suffering from an injury that momentarily sidelined him from the conference final against the Bengals and could limit his mobility inside the protection bag in the Super Bowl , a disadvantage against a defense that pressures the quarterback 54% of the time and had 70 sacks in the regular season, the third-best mark in league history.

Heading into Big Game weekend, sportsbook odds and forecasts give the Philadelphia Eagles a slight edge in an instance where elite defensive units often trump offensive power and dominant lines monopolize the running game. for your team. Should Kansas City lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the Chiefs will add the third title to franchise history. If the Eagles manage to prevail, they will reach their second Super Bowl in the modern era.

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