EDMONTON, Alberta —The pressure is off now that Japan gets the opportunity to defend its Women’s World Cup championship.And not even the prospect of facing the suddenly surging United States in the final in Vancouver on Sunday is enough to worry Norio Sasaki.Japan’s coach was in a philosophical mood after his normally fluid-passing team showed uncharacteristic tentativeness in pulling out a 2-1 win over England in the semifinal on Wednesday night. It was a game decided with about a minute left in second-half stoppage time, when Laura Bassett directed the ball into her own net.”I think they desired too much to go to the final and that might have affected the mentality in some players,” Sasaki said through a translator. ”But now we are going to the final, and I don’t think that kind of pressure is there anymore because they’re in the final.”There was also a personal objective that played a factor, Sasaki added.His players wanted to win for injured defender Kozue Ando, who broke her left ankle in a tournament-opening 1-0 win over Switzerland.After having surgery in Japan, Ando is scheduled to rejoin her teammates in Vancouver.”We can invite her back, so we can fight together,” Sasaki said.Fourth-ranked…