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Did you know that footballers and football managers shake hands with their referees after the completion of each match?

Did you know that footballers and football managers can be punished for shaking hands with their referee too aggressively or too casually?

Do you even know how to shake hands?

Of course you do, because you watched our instructional video featuring Ronaldinho and Manuel Mejuto González. They showed us all the proper way to shake hands with football referees.

However, not everyone seems to have received the message. Abuse of referees is on the rise, and not only in the professional game. Referees at lower levels are experiencing abuse and even violence at increasing rates, and growing numbers are choosing simply to hang up their whistles.

This cannot and must not continue. We must stop referee abuse, and we must give our referees the respect they deserve.