the united state of America and Japan may Be that familiar Women's World Cup final any less of a tactical conundrum for both teams with the game a classic clash of styles. The defending world and Asian cham pions play a clever, short-passing, sion game while the rival Americans rely more on their athleticism, individual flair and power in the final third. Japan's style has clearly been influenced by the successful tiki taka la's Barcelona coach Norio sasaki mixing in a more direct elementinit Likewise, US coach Jill Ellis has eased se of the the team away from ext ong ball with a more flud style evident, particularly since the decision to place betic striker, Abby Wambach on For all Wambach's goals over the years, the air, her nding ability and h tracted as a magnet to long declined, so did the effectiveness of hit ting the ball at her Loyd was given more attacking role, supporting the lone