Inter Miami secured its spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal in dramatic fashion on Wednesday, coming back from 2-0 down on aggregate to beat MLS rival Los Angeles FC 3-2 in a chippy end-to-end battle,

When you’re down 2-0 with less than 55 minutes to go in a two-legged quarterfinal, there’s one man you can count on above the rest to turn your fortunes around: World Cup and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi.

A vintage Lionel Messi performance carried Inter Miami past LAFC and into the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals.

Abajo 1-0 en el encuentro de vuelta. Abajo 2-0 en el marcador global. Y en la necesidad de marcar tres goles para avanzar.

Inter Miami face elimination from the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals in Wednesday's second leg, which offers a chance to reverse course after losing the first leg to LAFC last week. The good news for Inter Miami is that the margin of defeat in Los Angeles was a narrow one – LAFC notched a 1-0 win last week thanks to a goal from Nathan Ordaz in the 57th minute.

Lionel Messi has done it again. Inter Miami entered Wednesday's second leg vs. LAFC in the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinals trailing 1-0, needing to overturn a deficit. Matters were made worse in just the ninth minute when LAFC center-back Aaron Long brilliantly connected on an errant ball to make it 2-0 on aggregate,

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are headed to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals and it took a dramatic three-goal comeback to get there.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will host Los Angeles FC on Wednesday at Chase Stadium in the second leg of a Champions Cup quarterfinal. What to know

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