Wales manager Chris Coleman says Euro 2016 should go ahead as planned despite increased security fears following the suicide and bomb attacks in Belgium.
"It's what everybody wants," Coleman said. "It's what the people want and we should make sure that happens."
He described Tuesday's incidents as "incredibly evil" but said the attackers should not be allowed to win.
More than 30 people were killed by the explosions at Brussels airport and a metro station in the Belgian capital.
"I think these people would have us stay in our houses, locked up 24 hours a day if we let them have their way," Coleman told BBC Radio 5 live. "That shouldn't happen."
He said he expected Euro 2016, which starts in France on 10 June, to be "incredibly secure" and said he was confident Uefa, European football's governing body, would do its "utmost" to keep everyone safe.
But the former Fulham and Coventry City boss added: "If somebody's hell bent on walking into a crowded area and they want to blow themselves up or whatever, there's only so much security can do.
"There's always going to be a doubt in everybody's mind. You're hoping and praying that everything's going to be OK.
"We've all got to go there and try to enjoy the tournament, try to entertain everybody that's going there as best we can."
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Uefa said it would continue to "monitor the level of risk for the tournament", which will feature 24 teams, playing 51 matches at 10 venues across France.
French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the attacks were a reminder of the "very high level of security" needed at Euro 2016.
France was the target of attacks last year, when 130 people were killed in Paris on 13 November.
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