By David Lee Wheatley
Crunch time
England put all the hullabaloo surrounding Rio Ferdinand to one side on Friday evening by thrashing minnows San Marino away 8-0.
Tomorrow night will be a very different proposition, as emerging nation Montenegro stand in the way of Roy Hodgson's men.
The group leaders will provide a stern test of England's credentials and the visiting side must block out the partisan crowd in an effort to concentrate fully on the task in hand.
England need to claim victory in Podgorica to claim top spot in a tricky group, which also includes Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, and they'll have to be at their level best.
Teams such as San Marino are still made up largely of amateurs and therefore they have struggled to make any progress since entering the international stage. However, the likes of Montenegro have risen from the ashes of the former Yugoslavia to make some positive inroads toward success. The squad have some quality footballers in the ranks and they've proved their capabilities by rising to the top of a tough qualifying group, alongside impressively drawing with England the last time the sides met at Wembley in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
The English will have taken some confidence from disposing of San Marino clinically in Rimini, but will be fully aware of the threat posed by their next opponents on Tuesday.
It'll be a tight match, but if the stars of the England team perform to their usual standard, they will surely be capable of pulling off a tidy victory to send them a point clear at the top in their quest for a spot at World Cup 2014.
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