milan italian lender intesa sanpaolo on monday said it has become the banking partner of bergamobased serie a soccer club atalanta bc after taking over local rival ubi bancaatalanta is the only italian team left in the champions league tournament and intesas move comes ahead of wednesdays quarterfinal game against paris st germain fcintesa overcame fierce opposition from ubis management and local shareholders to secure control of its bergamobased rival this month in a deal that will turn it into the euro zones eighthlargest bank by assetsintesa said in a statement that it was cofinancing a 40 million euro 47 million investment to renovate bergamos gewiss stadiumatalanta the serie a top scorers this season with 98 goals belong to the percassi family a powerful local business dynasty that had thrown its weight behind intesas offerubis shareholder base comprised dozens of local business owners which had initially opposed intesas offer forcing it to significantly improve its terms