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Carlos Vela in trouble after skipping training for a Chris Brown concert

Published Mar. 10, 2016 4:36 p.m. ET

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Carlos Vela was too sick to go to training, but he made a miraculous recovery and was able to attend a Chris Brown concert later in the day.

Real Sociedad, being the extraordinarily sharp club that they are, were suspicious of that. How could he have possibly been so sick with gastroenteritis that he couldn't even make an appearance at the training ground, but go to a concert? It's pretty simple - he couldn't.

The stunt earned Vela a ban from a day's training and landed him in hot water with the club, but they opted for no further punishment and he returned to full activities with the team after his day-long ban.

How did Vela get caught at the concert, though? Twitter, of course.

It was a perfect plan. Feign illness - and a stomach illness is perfect for this because no one is going to ask for details on how you are poorly digesting things and dispersing of them - and then sneak away from San Sebastian to get to Madrid for a concert. Return home and then show up to training the next day saying you feel much better.

And he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling tweets.

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