Franz Beckenbauer married his Heidi during the 2006 World Cup “so that as few people as possible would notice”. “This is how the good Lord imagined the world”: BeckenBauer’s highlight gives you goosebumps “I then saw a very satisfied expression on his face and then he said to himself: 'This ishow the goodLord imagined the World,'” says Marcus Höfl, the manager of Germany at the World Cup.