"Not even Jesus Christ was loved by everyone."

Atletico Madrid striker Alvaro Morata admits his past at Real Madrid is a problem for some rojiblanco fans, but "not even Jesus Christ has been loved by everyone".

Morata joined Atletico from Chelsea in January for an 18-month loan agreement. Some supporters of Wanda Metropolitano protested against this idea, but coach Diego Simeone insisted on bringing the Spanish international back to his childhood club.

Addressing AS before facing Juventus, another former club, in the first leg of Wednesday's first leg of the Champions League, Morata said that although some fans were still used to his arrival, his new teammates had been very welcoming.

"You can not be loved by everyone, everywhere," said Morata. "Not even Jesus has been loved by everyone, my teammates and the club have very well received and I appreciate it." There are other people who are more angry. against me, I could have signed for other teams and many teammates know that I gave up things to be here. "

It had been a long time since we thought Simeone wanted Morata to Atletico.

"The truth is that three and a half years ago [summer 2015] This is the first contact, "Morata revealed. I told him that if I could, I would come here. This was not possible before, and did not depend only on me. But I had given my word. Now it could happen and I will give everything for the jersey. "

Morata admitted that learning what Simeone required of his attackers would take some time.

"It's the perfect team for me," he said. "I like running, defending, being a nuisance." It's not easy to immediately learn the concepts of a team like Atletico. "It sounds easy from the outside. Just run, but you have to know what you're doing, tactically, I'll pick it up as best I can, for sure I'll get better. "

Morata has made the habit of scoring against her former clubs: finding the goal of the match at Bernabeu while Juventus eliminated Real from the Champions League in the semifinals 2015 and scoring a last goal for Chelsea at the Wanda at of the group stage last season.

"How could I not celebrate my first goal with Atletico?" he said when asked if he could potentially score against Juve on Wednesday. "Maybe there [in Turin]out of respect, I would not do it. Juventus is my Italian team, I respect their fans a lot. Just as the supporters of Juventus would understand that if I was celebrating it here, those of Atletico did not want to celebrate. "

Former teammate Leonardo Bonucci joked that he was anxious to "kick his old friend" when they were on the pitch.