France's coach Didier Deschamps (R) consoles Karim Benzema after the team's 2014 World Cup quarter-finals against Germany at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this July 4, 2014 file photo. Picture taken July 4, 2014. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/Files
PARIS (Reuters) - France coach Didier Deschamps picked seasoned striker Olivier Giroud on Thursday for his 23-man squad for the European football Championship, which France will host, naming in-form forward Hatem Ben Arfa only as a reserve.
Giroud, recovering from a lean spell at Arsenal with a strong finish to the Premier League season, is one of six strikers in the squad alongside Antoine Griezmann, Dimitri Payet, Antony Martial, Kingsley Coman and Andre-Pierre Gignac.
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