Image from the Daily Mirror Rewind six months to the summer, when Real Madrid lifted their third Champions League trophy in four years with a convincing 4-1 win over Juventus in Cardiff, a few weeks after winning their first La Liga title in five years. This campaign, however, has been nothing short of a nightmare for Los Blancos. The defending Spanish league champions are currently sitting fourth in the division, a stunning nineteen points behind leaders Barcelona, with serious doubts as to whether they could even finish in the Champions League places, with in-form Villarreal and Sevilla, fifth and sixth respectively, hot on their tails. Their bid to defend their European crown in also under threat, with a tricky tie against the