CREATE TABLE table_203_179 (id DECIMAL, "goal" DECIMAL, "date" TEXT, "venue" TEXT, "opponent" TEXT, "score" TEXT, "result" TEXT, "competition" TEXT)

before the match against germany , who was the previous friendly match against ?
SELECT "opponent" FROM table_203_179 WHERE "competition" = 'friendly match' AND "date" < (SELECT "date" FROM table_203_179 WHERE "opponent" = 'germany') ORDER BY "date" DESC LIMIT 1
SELECT "opponent" FROM "table_203_179" WHERE "competition" = 'friendly match' AND "date" < (SELECT "date" FROM "table_203_179" WHERE "opponent" = 'germany') ORDER BY "date" DESC NULLS LAST LIMIT 1