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She always wears lipstick during games. After wearing bright red lipstick during a World Cup game, she said: "I tried it and I think it was good. The colour is of blood, because we had to leave blood on the pitch. Now I'm going to use it in every game."

Before every match, Lisa writes spontaneous messages or emotions on tape wrapped around her wrist. Sometimes it’s just one word like “Courage”, or a tribute to her late brother, who introduced her to football.

She has a plush rabbit and wolf she takes with her to all tournaments as her lucky charms.

On her shin guards, Carmona wears a picture of herself with her family. So the family is with her during all the matches

She is known for playing in her typical pink headband.

Ane is often seen wearing a red ribbon in her hair, a nod to her time at Loiola Indautxu and a personal talisman that connects her past to her present.

She has a match-day bracelet ritual and does not like to forget it before playing.

She wears a pink headband during games as a signature look, a tradition that started when she was 10.

Her matchday ritual includes prayer, music, and thinking about her two nephews; she also keeps a shin guard with their photo.

She wears a Jesus Christ pendant and described it as protection against “olho gordo,” a Brazilian expression for envy or bad energy.

One of the themes she has mentioned when discussing difficult moments in football is relying on personal "amulets" and sources of faith or motivation to keep moving forward.

Before every match, she kisses a photograph of her family that she keeps in her bag.

The headband now givers her confidence when heading the ball. She wears the headband to help her perform confidently against tall, aggressive players and considers it as essential as her shin guards.