 He entered the pitch in the final 15 minutes of the 3–0 away victory, coming in as a substitute for Sergio Ramos.On 29 March 2011, after nearly one-and-a-half years without playing for the national team, Iraola started in a 3–1 defeat of Lithuania in Kaunas for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers.He was due to make the cut for the final squad, but injury forced him out in favor of Atlético Madrid's Juanfran.