With the March international break now over, French champions Paris Saint-Germain prepare to return to club football with the visit of OGC Nice to Parc des Princes in Ligue 1 this coming Saturday.
After wrapping up a fourth consecutive Championnat crown in record time with a 9-0 win away at Troyes, Laurent Blanc's men got complacent at home to Monaco one week later and suffered their second league defeat of the season.
Le President and those left out by their national teams over the break have had time to digest the 2-0 loss to Les Monegasques a fortnight ago, but that was not a large number of players and the French tactician will be eager to get his team back together and focused on the massive month approaching.
April is set to be the most hectic four weeks of the campaign, with five Ligue 1 fixtures, two UEFA Champions League quarterfinal legs -- plus one semifinal if they eliminate Manchester City in the last eight -- as well as a Coupe de France semifinal and the Coupe de la Ligue final.
As things stand, that is nine matches in 28 days for PSG and it could hit double figures depending on how the French giants get on against Manchester City in Europe.
Stade Rennais coach Rolland Courbis has offered to reschedule his team's visit to the capital if Les Parisiens make it past Manuel Pellegrini's men and into the Champions League semifinals.
However, that would still mean that the Ligue 1 champions have one game to play every three days for the next four weeks.
PSG's squad depth is going to be given a thorough examination once again and Blanc will need to call upon every fit member of his senior squad as he attempts to keep his players in optimum condition for the most important fixtures.
Hindering the 50-year-old's chances of succeeding in this is the injury complaint that Marco Verratti is still recuperating from and the knock picked up by Angel Di Maria on international duty with Argentina.
The continued absence of the Italian is bad enough for PSG but to be missing El Fideo as well would be borderline disastrous heading into the most important month of the season.
The extent of Di Maria's injury is not yet known but the South American was withdrawn 31 minutes into La Albiceleste's 2-0 win over Bolivia in Cordoba on Tuesday and the 28-year-old looked as if he was suffering from a shin problem.
Blanc will be hoping that it is nothing but if it does require Di Maria to miss anything more than just a couple of days, then it is absolutely vital that Javier Pastore is ready to start against Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on April 6.
While his international teammates were off trotting the globe and his other PSG colleagues were back in France, Pastore was at the ASPETAR facility in Doha, Qatar, stepping up his return to full fitness after a series of frustrating setbacks.
With Verratti and Di Maria potentially missing for the next couple of weeks, there is once again a creative void in what is becoming a repetitive issue for Blanc.
Pastore will be vital to the starting XI -- at least against City -- because he is one of the true creative talents that the French champions possess. Without him, the midfield will become workmanlike and devoid of invention, while the front line will struggle to get hold of the ball.
Even with Pastore fit and ready to feature, PSG would miss Verratti and Di Maria badly. However, being able to at least rely on the cultured playmaker would be some welcome relief ahead of what promises to be a tricky period.
Not too much importance will be placed upon the results Les Parisiens pick up in Ligue 1 during April. However, if they do not emerge from the other side having made it into the Champions League semifinals, the Coupe de France final and carrying a third consecutive Coupe de la Ligue trophy, then their season will be in danger of being considered a failure.