Sports Illustrated reports that Real Madrid has suffered from multiple long-term injuries recently. Dani Carvajal, David Alaba, and Eder Miltao have spent significant amounts of time on the sidelines. Long-term injuries like this can often end a player's time at the top.

Multiple defensive injury issues have also forced the team to reshuffle at the back. Carvajal is back from his injury while Alaba and Militao played during the Club World Cup.

Riley J. Williams III, MD, Chief of the Sports Medicine Institute at HSS, breaks down whether these players can get back to the top.

Read the full article at si.com.