America’s latest win shows its priorities are La Liga and ConcaChampions.

After the Feb. 15 game against Atlas, it is clear that coach Miguel Herrera wants to win the regular season league and the CONCACAF Champions League. America struggled to find replacements on the field because of injuries and the absence of players who played for their national teams. Now that they are back, who will coach Miguel Herrera use for the league and the ConcaChampions?

A couple of hours before the game, Herrera confirmed the lineups for the match against Atlas in el Azteca. While Herrera had several strikers, he decided to rest Giovani Dos Santos and Henry so they are ready for the Feb.19 game against Comunicaciones FC in the ConcaChampions.

Instead, he started with Federico Viñas, who recently came back from playing with his national team. 

Before the game, America showed their support to strikers Nicolas Castillo and Nicolas Benedetti who are recovering from their injuries. 

While America dedicated the game to Castillo and Benedetti, they did not disappoint. Viñas scores two goals at minute 30th and 80th minute. 

But Viñas wasn’t the only player who excelled on the field. Sebastian Cordova played a phenomenal game, and contributed with an assist to Viñas’ second goal. Cordova helped America’s offense and while the first couple of minutes Atlas dominated the game, America dominated the rest of the game.

During the game, Viñas and Cordova became the sensation of the fans, and reporters. Fans and reporters stated that Viñas and Cordova can potentially make America champions this season.

While fans praised Cordova and Viñas, they also posted on social media that they hoped that Real Betis from Spain did not see their posts. Previously, Diego Lainez and Guido Rodriguez were drafted from Betis, and now fans think it’s better to hide them from Betis, to keep in the squad.

After the game, Herrera said he knows he has high-quality players and is not astonished by Cordova and Viñas.

Now that Viñas proved he can part of the first 11, Herrera has the option of starting with Viñas and choosing between starting Dos Santos or Martin, or starting with Dos Santos and Martin like planned. 

In addition, since Jorge Sanchez will also be available for the ConcaChampions, Herrera must choose between Cordova or Sanchez for this game. Based on previous games, it is undisputed that Cordova should be a starter.

The problem is that Herrera cannot use all of his star players in both leagues. He must alternate in order to protect his players from injuries or physical exhaustion.

This is the fourth win for America in the season and they are in second place with 13 points. America will fight to be in the top eights teams to qualify for the play-offs, and at the same time fight to win the ConcaChampions.