Montenegro's mission

England, who began its Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with an impressive 4-0 win over Bulgaria, is not thought to have sent anyone to watch group rival Montenegro and Wales play simultaneously in Podgorica.

Montenegro deservedly won that game 1-0 to open its campaign in style and put itself in good heart for its second Group G match in Bulgaria on Wednesday morning (AEST).

And while that game in Sofia is going on, coach Zlatko Kranjcar intends to have someone reporting back from England's clash with the Swiss in Basle in readiness for games against both teams next month.

Kranjcar, who led Croatia to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, said: "We will have men in Basle to watch the England game.

"We know them very well from their games against Croatia in the (last) World Cup qualifiers but we will worry about them when the time is right.

"Our performance will bring some attention on us for the rest of the qualifiers, but I stick to what I said before that England are the group favourites and Switzerland second best.

"But Wales, Bulgaria and Montenegro also have that chance to fight for the second position."

When told England did not have a representative present in Podgorica last week, Kranjcar - father of Tottenham player Niko - said: "I am not really surprised because we play England in October and they will probably find time to get a DVD copy before that - but I am not ruling out the possibility somebody was at the stadium under cover!"