PARIS - Paris St Germain defender David Luiz,
who risked long-term injury by playing for
Chelsea in the 2012 Champions League final, will
not celebrate if he scores against his old club in
their last 16 first-leg tie on Tuesday. The Brazil centre half, sold in June for a fee that
media reports put at 50 million pounds ($76.87
million), picked up a hamstring injury ahead of
Chelsea's penalty shootout victory over Bayern
Munich three years ago. With John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic
suspended, Luiz told physio Jason Palmer not to
tell then-manager Roberto Di Matteo he was
struggling to be fit. "If I score for PSG it will be nice," he told a news
conference on the eve of the game in Paris. "I want
to do my best for my team but if I score against
Chelsea I don't celebrate out of respect." Also read : Thiago Silva fit but Ibra and Luiz out, says Blanc Luiz, who remains a popular figure at Stamford
Bridge, scored an own goal in Chelsea's 3-1 quarter-
final first leg defeat at PSG last year and was
then on the winning side when a 2-0 victory at
Stamford Bridge saw Jose Mourinho's side through
on away goals. Looking back to 2012, the Brazilian told Palmer
how important it was to play in the final. "I said to him, 'you know how I worked hard in my
life to be here?'," Luiz explained in Monday's
Daily Telegraph newspaper. FITNESS TEST "You know when I left my family I was 14? You
know tomorrow there are 200 million Brazilians in
the world and just one on the pitch? "I will do the fitness test but even if I fail you go
to Di Matteo and say to him that I play." Luiz still has a deep indentation in his right leg as
a result of his determination to play in Munich
which he said "will stay like that now". Time has moved on since the win over Bayern, with
Mourinho now in the Chelsea hot seat and Laurent
Blanc in charge at PSG. Asked to compare Blanc and Mourinho, Luiz said
with a smile: "They are both ugly". In more serious tones he added there were similarities
between the two clubs. "They are at the same level," said Luiz. "The
project and plan for PSG is to be the best club in
the world in the next few years.