Vitinha plays 90 minutes in Wolves Under-23s defeat
Summer signing Vitinha got 90 minutes under his belt for Wolves Under-23s as they lost 2-1 at Crystal Palace.
The 20-year-old midfielder – snapped up from Porto on a season-long loan with the option to buy next summer for around £18million – featured for James Collins' side at Selhurst Park after being left out of the last two first-team squads.
Senior professionals Martin Kelly, James Tomkins and Christian Benteke all started for the Eagles, and the latter put them ahead.
Vitinha was denied by a great save from Ollie Webber and straight up the other end on the stroke of half-time, ex-Villa striker Benteke slammed the ball home.
Palace then doubled their lead shortly after the interval as Scott Banks finished off a nice attacking move.
Wolves made their first change on the hour mark, bringing on Taylor Perry for Luke Cundle, and a goal soon followed.
Perry came up with an exquisite free-kick to put more pressure on the hosts, but they were able to see it through for the victory, leaving Wolves sixth in PL2 Division Two after six games.
