CONCACAF: Lionel Messi And Luis Suarez Fire Inter Miami Into Quarter Finals

• Lionel Messi was on the scoresheet for Inter Miami in the CONCACAF Champions Cup
• His former Barcelona teammate, Luis Suarez also found the net in a 3-1 victory
• Inter Miami have progressed to the quarter finals with a 5-3 aggregate win over Nashville

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were on target as Inter Miami marched into the last eight of the CONCACAF Champions Cup with a 3-1 (5-3 aggregate) win over Nashville on Wednesday.

Messi set up Suarez for the eighth-minute opener and then the Argentine phenom found the target himself in the 23rd minute.

And it was the former Barcelona pair that proved to be the difference again as Miami took control from the outset, which resulted in an emphatic victory.

But the eight-times Ballon d'Or winner was substituted in the 50th minute before his replacement Robert Taylor made sure of the victory with a 63rd-minute header.

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The first-leg in Tennessee had seen Nashville take a two-goal lead before goals from Messi and Suarez inspired a comeback for a 2-2 draw.

Who will Inter Miami face next?

Miami, playing in the competition for the first time, will face the winner of Thursday's second-leg between Mexico's Monterrey and MLS's FC Cincinnati in the quarter-finals.

The Liga MX team are at home and lead 1-0 from the first-leg.

Meanwhile, Costa Rica's Herediano secured passage to the last eight with a 1-1 draw at Surinam's Robinhood enough to give them a 3-1 aggregate win.

Wednesday's later game is an all-Mexican clash with Club America defending a 3-0 first leg advantage at home to Chivas Guadalajara.