Fabian Balbuena’s played the full 90 minutes as Paraguay began their Copa America campaign with a Group B draw against Qatar on Sunday night.

Goals from Oscar Cardozo and Denis Gonzalez put them 2-0 up in the second period but 68th and 77th minutes denied them victory.

Balbuena earned his 10th international cap and will be looking for a place in the side that meets Argentina in their second group B fixture on Wednesday.

Elsewhere Pablo Fornals came off the bench but was unable to prevent Spain U21 from falling to a 3-1 defeat to hosts Italy in their UEFA U21 Championship opener.

Fornals will hope for more when Spain take on Belgium on Wednesday, looking to get the campaign back on track.