This day week has loomed large for the Republic of Ireland but as the pages of the calendar turn irrevocably, Vera Pauw's side don't have long to wait before the World Cup qualifiers resume.
Next Tuesday, 12 April, the second half of the campaign gets underway in earnest with a tough trip to Group A favourites Sweden.
The Irish side are well placed in second behind the Swedes thanks to last October's vital 2-1 win over a Finland outfit who are widely seen as the direct rival for the sole play-off place.
While the Sweden game is being described in some quarters as a 'free hit' of sorts for Ireland before they face the Finns, Georgia and Slovakia again, captain Katie McCabe is not looking at things that way.
Speaking on the RTÉ Soccer Podcast as she launched the Dove Self-Esteem Project, the Arsenal star is not looking to simply avoid defeat in Gothenburg against a team who pipped them in Tallaght by a deflected goal last October.
"Ultimately, where we want to be is at a major tournament and fundamentally to get to a major tournament we need to have these big results against these big teams, whether that's a win or a draw," said McCabe.
"We don't go out to lose games at all. We go out to compete.
"We're a very, very good side on our day and when we stick to our strengths, we've got some really exciting, really experienced players in our team that have the experience of playing against high-ranked opposition - Netherlands, Germany, USA, Spain - so we have that experience and it's about controlling what we can control on Tuesday night and doing it to the best of our ability."
Trying to maintain positive momentum at international level can be difficult due to the large gap between fixtures.
But like her team-mate Aine O'Gorman, McCabe feels February's Pinatar Cup when they beat Poland and Wales in Spain en route to a third place finish will be invaluable.
"It was so important for us to have those ten days together as a team," said McCabe, who was in Champions League knockout stage action for Arsenal last week as well as being involved in an enthralling WSL title battle against Chelsea.
"We had the three games and it was a real opportunity for players that don't get minutes in quite a few qualifying games to play then at these tournaments and get that international experience.
"I feel like we made some good steps in the camp to set us up for where we need to be for next week against Sweden."
Youngster Abbie Larkin and Chloe Mustaki were two of the new caps who impressed McCabe but the squad will be without defender Savannah McCarthy after the Galway WFC player suffered a serious knee injury.
"I've obviously been playing beside her. She's been playing the left side of the three and I've played the left wing-back role and we know what she can bring," said McCabe of McCarthy.
"She's solid as a rock and she'd run through a brick wall especially for our country and we're gutted to lose her as I'm sure Galway are too. She was paramount for their team in the Women's National League and we can only support her and wish her the best in her recovery."
On the RTÉ podcast, both Diane Caldwell and Courtney Brosnan offered a view on what Ireland can learn from the Euros qualifying campaign when the side just missed out on a play-off spot.
"I always say, 'You never lose, you learn', and with that campaign we were all heartbroken. We felt we could have got to that first major tournament at the time," McCabe said on the same question.
"Obviously the game out in Ukraine didn't go our way but it wouldn't have been won or lost there. We'd slipped up in previous games which was unfortunate.
"But for us going into this campaign we've got four games left and we need to concentrate on each one at absolute maximum, try to nullify the opposition as much as we can and really show our strengths on the night going forward.
"We've Sweden, Georgia and then the double-header at home as well so we just need to make sure we're putting ourselves in a position for at least a play-off come September."
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