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With rolling substitutes, no offsides and 15-minute halves, the seven-a-side format is designed to bring out creativity.<\/p>\n
Staff members and officials get involved in the fun too – Tottenham boss Martin Ho wore a fluffy blue cowboy hat, while London City Lionesses manager Eder Maestre celebrated with Nikita Parris using a special handshake.<\/p>\n
One of the most elaborate walkouts involved Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor as she was carried out by her team for the semi-finals and flipped to the ground. <\/p>\n
“I enjoyed it. It came from the players. I’m someone who is usually quiet and I don’t want to get too involved but that was a good opportunity,” said Bompastor. <\/p>\n
“We only practised it a little bit in the locker room. I made a joke that the players who didn’t get enough minutes would have the opportunity to drop me!”<\/p>\n
Bompastor borrowed a camera off a nearby photographer and pretended to film the players before their final, while Manchester United boss Marc Skinner came out dressed in a white dressing gown and sunglasses to a guard of honour.<\/p>\n
Officials stole the show as they pretended to be wheelbarrows, led a rendition of ‘Sweet Caroline’ and performed a penalty shootout before kicking off matches.<\/p>\n
Everton spent time before their 5-2 semi-final defeat by Manchester United to design a fake coffin which turned out to be a black suitcase with defender Hannah Blundell hidden inside during the walkout.<\/p>\n
Toffees striker Katja Snoeijs also pretended to give birth as her team-mates (the midwives) delivered a football instead of a baby. It had pictures on of the injured players who could not compete.<\/p>\n
Chelsea’s players pretended to be tenpin bowling, defender Ellie Carpenter and midfielder Wieke Kaptein did the worm and Aston Villa teenager Rachel Maltby backflipped.<\/p>\n
On the pitch, Chelsea striker Aggie Beever-Jones shone with a rabona assist for Erin Cuthbert and United’s Melvine Malard celebrated by pretending to need CPR.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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