RAVENS CROWNED SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS IN THRILLER!

The Baltimore Ravens were crowned Superbowl champions Sunday night as they defeated the NFC champions San Francisco 49ers in an eventful game in the Superdome in New Orleans.

The game also coincided with the Final ever game of the "Original Raven" Ray Lewis who has played his entire NFL career at one team the Baltimore Ravens. Another interesting story was this being the 1st Superbowl with the 2 opposing coaches being brothers as Brotherly love was put to one side as Jim & John Harbaugh saw their respective teams reach the "Greatest show on earth".

It was John of the Harbaugh brothers that saw his side strike first, As the Ravens got a touchdown with their first possession of the game. When quarterback Joe Flacco threw to Anquan Boldin in the endzone as the Ravens seemed to have took to the occasion like a duck to water, Whereas the 49ers were looking a little nervous and slightly over-rawed by the whole thing.

San Francisco couldn`t make possession tell as they reached the 8yard line, But resorted to kicking a Field Goal for a 7-3 scoreline. Baltimore was dominating on defense and their offense was forcing the 49ers into problems early on.

Into the 2nd Quarter, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was continuing to prove doubters wrong about him not being a top Quarterback. As he found Dennis Pitta and his pin point throw found him to extend the lead to 10 points as the Ravens were looking like they were going to run away with the game ,As San Francisco were struggling to get any plays going at all. Tucker added the extra point and gave the scoreline a 14-3 Ravens lead.



San Francisco weren`t at the races at all and Baltimore was stifling their attacks and were fantastic all over the field. Colin Kaepernick the rookie quarterback for the 49ers saw his attempted throw intercepted by the Ravens Defense. The following play saw them try a risky Fake Field goal but was a yard short and maybe that play would come back to haunt them.

Baltimore Ravens added to their score as Flacco threw to Jacoby Jones who took a catch and evaded two 49ers with ease to get a touchdown. They kicked an extra point making it 21-3 and looked to have given them the Trophy already due to their outstanding play.

With time ticking down David Akers kicked a 21-yard Field Goal to give the 49ers some points on the board and slowly gain ground on the Ravens. So as Baltimore played out the seconds both sides returned to the locker room with the Ravens by far the more Happier side of the 2.

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We then had the infamous SUPERBOWL Half-time show with the entertainment performed this year by Beyonce. We had a re-united Destinys Child during the performance. But back to the game...



The 3rd quarter will go down in history as one of the most infamous quarters in Superbowl history!


San Francisco 49ers needed a much better start in the 2nd half of the game...However it didn`t go to plan from the off. As Jacoby Jones ran back a 109-yard Kick off return & Justin Tucker kicked the extra point for 28-6 and looked to have killed off the game.

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Then.. we had a power failure inside the Super dome just as Kaepernick was tackled, So we had a delay of up to 40 minutes as they got the power back up & running. Play restarted with 49ers 3rd &13 but failed to gain a first down, so they punted away.






Colin Kaerpernick was having some luck as his passing radar was finally on, Finding Vernon Davis and then finds Michael Crabtree who got a touchdown for San Francisco 49ers & with the extra point made the score 28-13 in Ravens favour.

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Vernon Davis then made a catch to which he reached the 6yard line, Frank Gore ran the ball in for a touchdown and with the extra point brought the game to 8 points and make it 28-20 in favour of the AFC champions.


The 49ers had hope restored and had the momentum now after that power cut, The Ravens was losing it and Tarell Brown jumps on a ball that Ray Rice fumbled and Baltimore was having a bit of a meltdown now with the 49ers in the Ascendency.





Colin Kaepernick nearly found Ted Ginn in the endzone ,but was tipped away by the Ravens defense leading to them having to kick a field goal. David Akers came on to kick it but his effort missed, However a penalty on the Baltimore defense led to the field goal moved nearer the Ravens endzone and their 2nd effort, Akers made no mistake from this time around closing the gap to 5 points now and 49ers getting more confidence.


Moving into the 4th quarter and the Ravens pulled the 8 pts lead back, As Justin Tucker got a field goal to make it a 2 possession game for a 31-23 Baltimore lead.
Kaepernick in the second half shown up and a throw up to Randy Moss who was in space got a first down. Frank Gore then got another first down to move the 49ers up the field.

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Then the 49ers quarterback scrambled had no pressure on him and ran in for a touchdown, They decided to go for a Two Point Conversation. The throw found no one in the Baltimore zone and so was NO GOOD came of it.

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With 8 minutes to play the scoreline was Baltimore 31 - 29 San Francisco, Baltimore tried to gain the yards for a first down. The referees gave it a first down to which 49ers Challenged & after review they reversed the decision as 49ers won the challenge and so it was 3rd & Inches for the Ravens.


Joe Flacco knew he needed to step up again and find someone as his throw was fantastically caught by Anquan Boldin, The man who was the thorn in the sides of their opponents in the 1st half now seemed to have possibly given the Ravens great Field goal range and Justin Tucker came on to kick the field goal for a 34-29 lead.

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There was 4:19 left in the game for the San Francisco 49ers to get the touchdown needed to win the game. The 49ers gained yards and were in touching distance of the lead, they got closer and closer to the endzone as we passed the Two Minute warning. The 49ers had one last attack and a throw towards the endzone in the direction of Michael Crabtree, Who was held abit as the ball was landing out of reach.

Jim Harbaugh was going ballistic on the sidelines as he wanted a holding call but none came, So Baltimore had possession and tried to run the clock down. Baltimore then decided not to punt on 4th down, But risk giving a safety away & so eat time down. They ran time down as no one went to tackle the Raven punter who did well to take time off of the board. So in the process put 2 points on the 49ers score but gave them 8 seconds to catch the ball and run it back if they wanted to win the Superbowl.


The Ravens punted from their own 20 yard line as the Ravens defense held out stopping them gaining the touchdown, Which led to wild celebrations on the Baltimore Ravens touchline as the ticker tape & fireworks were let off. And gave Ray Lewis the perfect send off to his career in thriller!!

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 BALTIMORE RAVENS   34   -   31  SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS