quotes attributed to göransson in local newspapers strongly criticised national team coach thomas dennerby for leaving her out of the national team. but she later distanced herself from the remarks, stressing that her relationship with dennerby was good. angry dennerby wrote an open letter, criticising state broadcaster "sveriges television" for unethically taking göransson's quotes out of context. when she was named in dennerby's squad for the 2011 fifa women's world cup in germany, delighted göransson said she had dreamed of the opportunity since she was 12 years old. she featured as a substitute in sweden's 3–1 semi-final defeat to eventual winners japan in frankfurt. sweden secured third place by beating france 2–1 in sinsheim, although göransson did not play.