Copa America 2019: Paraguay vs Qatar - 3 things we learned

#2 Substitutes are having a huge influence in this tournament

Gonzalez came on as a substitute to score Paraguay's second goal

Call it coincidence or pure luck, but substitutions in most of the games in this competition have had some impact or the other.

Brazil's Everton came off the bench to put the icing on the cake with a thunderbolt against Bolivia in the opener, whereas Roger Martinez and Duvan Zapata compounded Argentina's misery with by netting apiece in the second half after being subbed on at the hour mark.

Now in the fourth match of the competition, the trend continued as Derlis Gonzalez came on after the break to score an absolute belter. Around 30 yards out and nobody around him to challenge for the ball, Gonzalez unleashed a ferocious strike that glided through into the back of the net and doubled Paraguay's cushion.

Regardless of the outcome of these games, this uncanny tendency of substitutes to come off the bench and have a meaningful say has added gloss to the games. No matter how the contest is panning out, we are at least led to believe that there's some drama awaiting towards the dying embers, leaving us on the tenterhooks until then.