Monday 2 February 2009

Superbowl 43




After last years miracle in the final minutes from Eli Manning and David Tyree how could we top that? Yet Superbowl 43 matched last years majesty with an exciting match up with Arizona coming back from a 13 point deficit to lead with just a few minutes remaining. At half time and into the 3rd quarter the Cardinals looked out of it but rallied with some incredible catches from Larry Fitzgerald leading Arizona on the brink of history. 
However with enough time on the clock Big Ben drove the Steelers down the field in an 8 play 78 yard drive with a final pass to Santonio Holmes who pulled in a fading pass in the back right of the end zone in spectacular fashion. Holmes has been the Steelers dangerman throughout the playoffs and seeled the victory by somehow getting both his feet down in bounds as he fell out with three Cardinal defenders nearby. Larry Fitzgerald has to feel hard done by for losing out on the MVP which invariably goes to a player on the winning team. Larry played a stellar game, though marked out of it for the first half the offence worked well in the second half and it was Fitzgerald who produced two moments of magic to take his team into the lead. Number 11's second touchdown giving him the record for most touchdowns in post season moving ahead of the legendary Jerry Rice. The night belonged to the Steelers and in a rare occurance neither the Coach Mike Tomlin (The Youngest coach to lead a team to Superbowl Victory), Big Ben or MVP Holmes laid the victory on a assist from God. It was great to see them thank their fellow players and the people of Steeler Nation.

See the highlights here.

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