News Everybody knows about the football rivalry between Brazil and Argentina The endless argument over who was the greatest, Pelé or Maradona Everybody hopes to see Neymar v Messi add another chapter at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games But what is less known is the intense rivalry between the neighbouring nations’ visually impaired football teams, who are set for a showdown at next year’s Paralympic Games Brazil are the dominant force in football 5-a-side The four-times world champions have won all three Paralympic Games tournaments held so far, and are hungry for more success on home soil Argentina have won two world titles, but have had to settle for one silver and one bronze medal at the Paralympic Games Find out how to buy tickets for the Paralympic GamesThe two teams met in an exhibition match in Rio last month, as part of the one year until the Paralympic Games celebrations, when they fought out a tough 0-0 draw “The game was really hard, as it always is against Argentina,” said Jefinho, the star of the Brazilian team Known as Los Murciélagos (The Bats), the Argentinian team is now fully focused on Rio 2016 Lucas Rodríguez, who won silver at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games and bronze at Beijing 2008, says his team is training hard to get a place on the podium: “We have just under one year of work left until Rio 2016, we have to train very hard, but we also want to enjoy the preparation and the competition,” he said “After all, not everyone has the chance to be at the Paralympic Games ”Los Murciélagos confirmed their place in Rio by finishing runners-up at the 2014 World Championships in Tokyo They were defeated 1-0 after extra time in the final by their great rivals Brazil, who already had their place in Rio confirmed as hosts, thus the berth was passed to Argentina In August this year, Brazil beat Argentina once again – by a narrow 2-1 margin – in the final of the Parapan American Games in Toronto Focused on Toronto, Brazil had not attended the IBSA World Games in May in Seoul, leaving the way open for Argentina to win football 5-a-side won gold Rodríguez was their key man as they overturned 1-0 deficit against Great Britain to triumph 2-1 in extra time He knows Brazil will be the major obstacle in Los Murciélagos’ quest for gold in Rio, but he emphasised that their rivalry with the nation where Argentinians are known as Os Hermanos (the brothers) is always good natured And he told fans to expect a beautiful spectacle if the two sides meet next year “Both countries are world powers in football for people without visual impairments, but football 5-a-side also offers a great show when these two teams meet,” Rodríguez said Morocco complete line-up for visually impaired football at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games