Super Bowl LIX week kicked off, as is customary, on Monday night with Opening Night, where all the players and coaching staff from both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs were available to answer all kinds of questions from all the media accredited to cover the game for the Vince Lombardi Trophy next Sunday, February 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Super Bowl LIX special: everything you need to know about Eagles vs Chiefs
First up were the NFC champions, the Eagles, who are looking for revenge for the defeat they suffered against their rivals this Sunday, the AFC champions, the Chiefs, who appeared second and who are looking to achieve something never done before, to win the Super Bowl in three consecutive seasons.
Super Bowl Opening Night and the tradition of the Club America jersey for Travis Kelce
One of the key elements in achieving the milestone is the great tight end Travis Kelce, who despite being one of the best, if not the best in his position in the history of professional football, is better known worldwide for being the boyfriend of the famous singer Taylor Swift.
But this time, Kelce was able to avoid talking about his girlfriend and still get a little distracted from the game when the quarterback of the Mexican flag football team, Diana Flores, took the opportunity to give him, for the second year in a row, a jersey of the Aguilas del America of the Liga MX to the all-time playoff touchdown record holder, remembering the love of the brother of the now retired Jason Kelce for the current three-time Mexican soccer champion at club level.
Will the Kansas City Chiefs play at the Estadio Azteca again?
“I’ll wear it (the original jersey given to him by Diana Flores of America), I’ll wear it with pleasure,” said Travis Kelce. “Shout out to everyone in Mexico, I miss going there, Mexico City was a beautiful city where we played, and I hope to be able to do it again next time, it was very entertaining to be there, the time we played there a few years ago and I’ve been waiting for the NFL to buy us a ticket so we can play there again.”
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Los Angeles Chargers by a score of 24-17 on November 18, 2019, at the Estadio Azteca with Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes shining for Andy Reid‘s team in one of the five regular season games that have been played at the ‘Coloso de Santa Ursula’, the last of which was in 2022.