Editing 2006 FIFA World Cup (section)

===Hosting===
Although Germany failed to win the Cup, the tournament was considered a great success for Germany in general. Germany also experienced a sudden increase in patriotic spirit with flags waving, traditionally frowned upon by German society since World War II whenever the German team played.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060709/1/8p6r.html |title=South African to learn lessons from Germany |publisher=The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany |date=9 July 2006 |access-date=27 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719130930/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060709/1/8p6r.html |archive-date=19 July 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the closing ceremonies, [[Matthias Keller (musician)|Matthias Keller]] composed a work performed simultaneously by the [[Munich Philharmonic Orchestra]], the [[Bavarian State Orchestra]] and the [[Bavarian Radio Orchestra]] with conductors [[Christian Thielemann]], [[Zubin Mehta]] and [[Mariss Jansons]], and soloists [[Diana Damrau]], [[Plácido Domingo]] and [[Lang Lang]].