Last Thursday, there were so many angles at soccer’s World Cup in Qatar that would have been easy for a veteran journalist like Grant Wahl to knock out for his daily piece — like the the benching of Portugal icon Cristiano Ronaldo, or the hopes of Argentina resting on the shoulders of world-best Lionel Messi one final time.
But Wahl, although a sharp observer of the beautiful game, didn’t go with any of that. Instead, the former Sports…