Lionel Messi's second goal of the night, an 84th-minute penalty kick, capped Inter Miami's 3-1 win over Los Angeles FC on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sending the Herons to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Javier Mascherano spearheaded one of Barcelona’s most thrilling comeback wins. The Catalan side entered the Champions League round of 16 second leg with a four-goal deficit to Paris Saint Germain.

The Champions Cup uses aggregate scoring, the tiebreaker of the two-game series is road goals, and LAFC won its home game 1-0 last week. If Los Angeles scores one goal in Fort Lauderdale, Inter Miami will need to score at least three to advance. Los Angeles advances to the semis with a victory, a tie or even a one-goal loss.

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

Lionel Messi scored twice as Inter Miami fought back from 2-0 down on aggregate against Los Angeles FC with a 3-1 win (3-2 on aggregate) on Wednesday to move into the last four of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Two more teams will book their passage to the Champions Cup quarter-finals this evening as we have matches in Miami and Mexico City.Here is what has gone down so far. Inter Miami 3-1 LAFC Scorers:

The Inter Miami man helped his team get back into their quarterfinal tie with a bit of brilliance past Hugo Lloris

With a spot in the semifinals on the line, Inter Miami might need some Messi magic in Wednesday's do-or-die clash against LAFC.

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.