Justin Herbert launched three Touché passes to help Los Angeles loaders to defeat the Chiefs of Kansas City, finalists of the last Super Bowl, by the 27-21 brand on Friday in a match presented in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The charges ended a series of seven defeats against the chiefs. Their latest gain against Kansas City dates back to September 26, 2021.
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The charges scored the first points of the match as early as their first sequence in attack on a pass of touched of five yards from Herbert to Quentin Johnston and they had the lead for the rest of the match.
Herbert added a touch of 11 yards to Keenan Allen in the third quarter before joining Johnston for his second major of the match with 5:02 to play in the fourth quarter, this time over a distance of 23 yards.
Herbert finished the match with 318 air yards on 25 assists completed in 34 attempts.
Herbert became the third quarter of the history of the loaders to accumulate 300 yards and three affected in an opening match.
He secured the victory of his family with a 19 yards on a third try and 14 with two minutes in the dial while the chiefs no longer had stop time.
“We knew it would be a battle, so we offered our best effort. It was beautiful to see, ”said Herbert.
Patrick Mahomes completed a touch of 37 yards in Travis Kelce and also found the goals area with his legs.
It was 24-in-39 for 258 yards in addition to traveling 57 yards on six races.
Kelce obtained 47 yards on two receptions.
Pursued by Khalil Mack, Mahomes launched an incomplete pass to Marquise Brown on a first try and the goals. Two other incomplete passes allowed Harrison Butker to succeed in a placement of 27 yards, which brought the score at 27-21 to 2:34 from the end.
The chiefs had previously reduced the gap to 20-18 thanks to a pass of touch of 37 yards of Mahomes in Travis Kelce at the start of the fourth quarter. The conversion of two points failed, the pass of Mahomes to Noah Gray being incomplete.
The chiefs had just registered a first hit in the third quarter when they conceded a touchdown to their section rivals. The short pass of 11 yards from Herbert to Allen brought the advance of the loads to 19-12.
Herbert completed more than 300 passes to Allen before the latter joined the Bears in Chicago last season. He returned with the loads last month.
Mahomes and the Chiefs have struggled to make beautiful games in the first half. Herbert took the opportunity to run and throw, protected by his offensive line, allowing the charges to take the lead 13-6.
After their third consecutive participation in the Super Bowl last season, the chiefs started the meeting with three clearance boots on their first three possessions.
The chiefs successfully completed two fourth trial conversions in the second quarter, but Mahomes was the victim of a bag and the offensive series ended with a placement of 35 butker yards. They then pulled from the back 10-3.
The chiefing receiver Xavier Worthy left the first quarter match due to a shoulder injury suffered on an accidental collision with Kelce.
Hollywood Brown was the most productive receiver of the chiefs in his absence with 10 caught for 99 yards gains.
In his first match with the loads, the Quebec corner half Benjamin St-Just made two plated.
