Tyson moved to Metalist in 2010 from the Internacional.

"It was 2010, I was scared, because I did not know anything about this country. For the first time I came to Ukraine in the summer, it was hot and in general everything is perfect. But then came November, December, January. Frost minus 15. I really wanted back to Brazil, did not want to stay in Ukraine, "Tyson told UEFA's official website.

"But nothing - got used to. In Metallist I really liked, and I will always remember my first Ukrainian club. Now I am very happy here - there are no complaints about Ukraine at all. I've been in the country for seven years, which just took me great.. Now I just want to quickly get over the difficulties that Ukraine is going through, and everything became good ".

The miner is constantly on the road. The team conducts home matches in Kharkov, and lives in Kiev, because in the native for the "miners" Donetsk is fighting.

"It is very difficult. We all would like to play again in Donetsk, with our fans.

Very much we miss this city, for people who live there. We continue to play for them and hope that soon we will return. Many Donetsk residents now live in Kharkov, and Shahte feels support both there and in other cities. For every match we are supported by fans, for us it means a lot ".

In addition, Tyson admitted that the team intends to leave the group in the Champions League and expressed confidence that under the leadership of Paul Fonseca "miners" have become better than they were under Mircea Lucescu.