From Lilienfeld to Real

Wedding & Zidane: Lienhart’s special relationship

Philipp Lienhart is doing well again after his injury break! On May 24, he married his longtime girlfriend Cornelia, who once accompanied him to Real Madrid, in his hometown of Lilienfeld. And above all, he is pain-free again and can train fully with the team in Windischgarsten. Read the next part of our EURO series to find out why the defender has a special relationship with Zinédine Zidane.

The Lower Austrian has a special relationship with France, Austria's first opponent at the EURO on June 17 in Düsseldorf. He once played in the Danone Cup, a kind of World Cup for youth teams, with the Rapid youth team in France, where he met tournament ambassador Zinédine Zidane and even shook his hand. A few years later, he even worked with the French soccer legend at Real Madrid.