He made us ‘proud’ again: Germany pays emotional tribute to BeckenbauerMUNICH, Germany: Germany said an emotional goodbye to Franz Beckenbauer on Friday, former teammate Uli Hoeness crediting the football legend with making Germans “proud” again. Completed for the 2006 World Cup, which Beckenbauer ran as president of the organizing committee, Munich’s Allianz Arena was a fitting venue for the public goodbye. He ended the event with Nessun Dorma, an aria from Puccini’s opera Turandot, which became the unofficial anthem of the 1990 World Cup. Winning national and European titles with Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer’s West Germany captured the 1972 Euros and the 1974 World Cup. Franz Beckenbauer’s voice.”
