Vélezthe champion of the last Argentine soccer tournament and who had a lousy starter of 2025, already has a new coach: Guillermo Barros Schelotto. He Twin, who returns to work in the country after 7 years, He has been without work for a long time, so the negotiation quickly came to fruition, after two fruitful meetings. The twin will sign for one year with an option, it is expected that this Friday will be present at José Amalfitani In the match against San Martín de San Juan (Marcelo Bravo will interim interim) and will have its debut on Monday 17 against Atlético in Tucumán.
After interruption of the contract of Sebastián Domínguez Due to the accumulation of bad results, Liniers put their eyes in Guillermo and his coaching staff. Ricky Álvarez, sports director of Vélez, met with the 51 -year -old coach at City Bell And the talks advanced positively. “We are, hoping to return to the ring,” the Twin a Clarion After the meeting, which shows the desire of putting the diver again, a fact that has not been made since September 2023. However, he will have a difficult mission since the fort is at the bottom of the standings and accumulates two draws and six losses in the domestic sphere. In addition, he failed to score a single goal.
After imposing its undeniable conditions and with the approval of the leadership, Guillermo secured a juicy passes market in the middle of the year to drastically change the level of the inherited squad. Because in line with decreasing debts, they decided to get rid of the figures of the champion team and the plan was going to continue in the coming months, but that remained in stand by.
The undisputed Boca idol, as usual, will be accompanied by his brother Gustavo in this new journey in Argentine football, where the situation is much more adverse than in previous experiences. The Barros Schelotto know what it is to shout champion as coaches and did it in different teams.
Because in their first experience as a technical pair, the native of La Plata left an indelible mark on Lanús. Is that with the garnet they conquered the South American Cup 2013which meant the second international title in the history of the club. In addition, he finished second, fourth and third in three consecutive championships, and with a very marked identity on the playing field. With the Garnet, in total, there were 170 games, with 75 wins, 51 draws and 44 losses and 54 % effectiveness.
His second experience was Palermo From Italy, although it lasted much less than expected. It is that after directing only four games, the twins were forced to abandon European dream due to problems with UEFA. “I don’t have the necessary license and I can’t direct. UEFA did not approve, the law is and you have to comply with it”Guillermo explained.
And the dream of directing Boca. Although the beginning was irregular, the team immediately started with its offensive and dynamic style and Consecrated Bicampeón of Argentine football in 2016/17 and 2017/18. Then he reached the final of the Copa Libertadores 2018, where he lost the remembered final against River in Madrid and, after that event, decided to step to the side. He achieved 62 % effectiveness, after 63 wins, 31 draws and 23 losses.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto as Boca coach. Photo: Fernando de la Orden Los Angeles Galaxy They were the Schelotto Barros refuge in the United States to calm the waters. However, the passage through the MLS was not successful and after an acceptable first year and a second away from the ideal, they did not continue. In 62 directed matches, the American cast won 23 games, tied eight and lost 31.
The last stay was in the Paraguay selection. The brothers assumed in 2021 but the results in the South American qualifiers sentenced their passage through the Guaraní team. It is that in eight games they only won one, they tied two and lost the remaining five. Therefore, the link was interrupted in September 2023.