Argentina legend's top 10 best games for his country as he turns 35

The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner sent records tumbling at Barcelona and, while he has not yet peaked at PSG, remains a talisman for his countryTo get more news about XemBD, you can visit xembd.cc official website.

The opposition may not have been the toughest, but Lionel Messi nevertheless gave everything in a stunning performance to destroy Estonia on June 5 as an all-time great gave another exhibition of his remarkable ability.

All of Argentina's goals in a convincing 5-0 win came via the Paris Saint-Germain wizard, who became just the third player in national team history to hit as many in one match – and the first since Juan Marvezzi all the way back in 1941.

Messi is accustomed to turning it on when he puts on his nation's shirt, as he once did in club colours at Barcelona, but which were his very best games for Argentina? On the day that the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner turns 35, GOAL takes a look through the years to find La Pulga's greatest hits...One of Messi's greatest virtues as a player is that he is not just one of the best in scoring goals, he can also set up his team-mates with ease.

The Copa America Centenario semi-final against hosts United States showed off to perfection those two facets of his game.

Not only did he find the net with an outrageous free-kick effort, he also set up another two goals in a 4-0 rout to send the Albiceleste through to the final.Qualifying for the World Cup out of the CONMEBOL region, despite Argentina's relatively simple passage this time round, is almost never a straightforward prospect.

In 2011, the Albiceleste had made a distinctly underwhelming start to their campaign, losing for the first time to Venezuela and then dropping points at home to Bolivia. A visit to Colombia followed, and Alejandro Sabella's charges feared the worst when Dorlan Pabon fired the hosts in front just before half-time.

Colombia had been well on top before the break but, led by Messi and helped by some savvy tactical changes on Sabella's part, Argentina came out a different team, levelling through the new national team captain before Sergio Aguero clinched three points seven minutes from time.

Not only did that game put Argentina back on track, but it was also the beginning of Messi, Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain's partnership up front, a potent trident that would fire them to the brink of World Cup glory within three years.More than five years had passed since Messi's last knockout goal for Argentina when Lionel Scaloni's men lined up against Ecuador in the quarter-finals of the Copa America. But while he left it late, the strike truly proved worth the wait.

The Barcelona ace had pulled all the strings for his side throughout the game, playing in both Rodrigo De Paul and Lautaro Martinez for their goals to put Argentina 2-0 ahead. Then, in injury time, it looked as though he would have the chance to add his own when Piero Hincapie appeared to commit a penalty on Angel Di Maria.

A VAR check eventually changed the decision, giving Messi a free-kick on the edge of the box. But it did not change the captain's task much, as he dispatched a glorious effort to notch Argentina's third and round off a brilliant all-round display.

USMNT PLAYING FREE AND LOOSE AHEAD OF HUGE TEST VS. URUGUAY

We didn’t see much of that during the U.S.’s 14 World Cup qualifying games, which in retrospect makes sense. Although coach Gregg Berhalter and his players did their best to downplay it, the pressure on this undeniably talented — yet historically young and inexperienced — American side to make it back to sports’ grandest stage was nothing short of colossal following the failure to make it to the 2018 World Cup.To get more news about XemBD, you can visit xembd.cc official website.

Now that their trip to this year’s event is booked, the Americans are having fun. And they’re looking to build on that momentum in their next match Sunday against an even better team in Edinson Cavani-led Uruguay (5 p.m. ET, FOX).

"We’re still getting that experience against high-level teams, so playing a team like Uruguay that has a lot of stars is amazing," said U.S winger Tim Weah, who scored (along with Brenden Aaronson and Haji Wright) in Wednesday’s win over Morocco.

"We’re going to go in there with full confidence," added defender Erik Palmer-Brown. "It’s going to be an amazing feeling to go show what we can do against a quality opponent."

Even without all-time top scorer Luis Suarez on the roster for this friendly, Uruguay is certainly that. La Celeste might even be the best team the U.S will face before the main event kicks off in November.

The Americans will round out this month’s four-match slate by facing relative minnows Grenada and El Salvador in the CONCACAF Nations League. Their final two tune-up matches in September haven’t yet been announced, but they are not expected to be against European or South American competition.

Uruguay boasts plenty of all-planet talent besides Manchester United striker Cavani, including the likes of Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo and midfielder Federico Valverde, who last week helped Real Madrid win the UEFA Champions League title.FIFA’s 13th-ranked team will provide a stern challenge for a U.S. team that will make at least three lineup changes; Berhalter revealed Saturday that Sean Johnson will spell Matt Turner in goal, with veteran right back DeAndre Yedlin and central midfielder Weston McKennie replacing Reggie Cannon and Aaronson, respectively. Joe Scally could also come in at left back if Antonee "Jedi" Robinson can’t go; Robinson has a non-COVID-related illness that could impact his availability Sunday.

Uruguay are coming off an impressive 3-0 win of their own. They routed Mexico on Thursday in Glendale, Arizona, with Cavani scoring twice. But they’re dangerous all over the field.

"I watched all of the highlights from that Mexico-Uruguay game," Palmer-Brown said. "Mexico didn’t do bad. It was just a lot of transition moments. So I think that’s probably what we’ll be focusing on a lot, not getting caught out in transition.""We've seen a front six that's very dynamic in the way that they join the attack and attack the penalty box and are able to finish," said U.S. center back Aaron Long, who is coming off his first start for the U.S. since he ruptured his Achilles tendon 13 months ago. "They also have guys on the wings that are really dynamic 1v1 and in creating opportunities for the strikers, who are obviously great goal scorers."

While Berhalter is rotating out his keeper and possibly both fullbacks for this game, he opted to keep the Long-Walker Zimmerman center back pairing intact rather than start Kansas City native Palmer-Brown, perhaps in part because of the chemistry Long has with Zimmerman dating to the 2019 Gold Cup. Sunday’s contest will tell us plenty about the duo’s ability to shut down the sort of strikers they’ll face this fall.

RAAS inhibitor use may lower risk for intracranial aneurysm rupture in hypertension

Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor use in patients with hypertension and intracranial aneurysm was associated with lower risk for aneurysm rupture compared with nonuse, according to research published in Hypertension.To get more news about RaaS, you can visit glprobotics.com official website.

“Approximately half of patients with intracranial aneurysms have high blood pressure, which can cause vascular inflammation and increase the risk of aneurysm rupture,” Qinghai Huang, MD, PhD, professor of neurosurgery at Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University in Shanghai, said in press release. “Given that one-third of patients with ruptured aneurysms die and another third remain dependent for daily life activities, there is a need to identify modifiable risk factors to prevent aneurysm rupture.”
Therefore, researchers conducted a multicenter chart review of 3,044 patients with hypertension and intracranial aneurysms at 20 centers in China (mean age, 61 years; 63% women).

Patients were classified as having a ruptured or unruptured aneurysm to better understand the relationship between rupture risk and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitor use as well as risk tied to modifiable risk factors.
Independent risk factors associated with aneurysm rupture included female sex, passive smoking, uncontrolled or unmonitored hypertension, use of more than two antihypertensive medications, use of antihyperglycemic agents, treated or untreated hyperlipidemia, ischemic stroke, middle cerebral artery location and anterior cerebral arteries/posterior communicating artery/posterior circulation (P for all < .05).

Researchers reported that use of RAAS inhibitors was associated with lower risk for aneurysm rupture compared with use of non-RAAS inhibitors (OR = 0.49; 95% CI, 0.402-0.597; P < .001).

Both ACE inhibitors (OR = 0.559; 95% CI, 0.442-0.709; P < .001) and angiotensin receptor blockers (OR = 0.414; 95% CI, 0.315-0.542; P < .001) were associated with lower risk for aneurysm rupture compared with non-RAAS inhibitors.

“Based on these data, we estimate that nearly 18% of ruptured aneurysms may be prevented if all patients with high blood pressure and intracranial aneurysms were prescribed with RAAS inhibitors,” Huang said in the release. “Due to the strong potential benefit and high safety of RAAS inhibitors, these findings may also help clinicians to optimize treatment to help people with high blood pressure prevent aneurysm rupture.”

The researchers also reported that these findings were consistent across all patient subgroups.

“We were surprised to find that even among people with controlled hypertension, those who took RAAS inhibitors still had a significantly lower rupture risk than individuals who used non-RAAS inhibitors,” Huang said in the release. “Our study highlights that using the proper antihypertensive medications to achieve normalization of blood pressure may remarkably decrease the risk of a ruptured aneurysm.”

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