This season, it seems only Inter Milan can compete with Juventus for Scudetto because AC Milan are still far away after focusing in Champions League and failed there.
AC Milan is in 3rd place not because they focused on playing in the UCL, but Pioli's strategy at that time was so easy for opposing players to anticipate. Currently Pioli is implementing a new strategy and giving a chance to Jovic. This has provided positive results for AC Milan in the last few matches. Currently, Pioli is starting to feel confident and will probably try to start competing for the Scudetto again. One thing that is homework for Pioli is how to break Inter Milan's dominance when playing in the Derby Della Madonnina.
I don't know if it's for this reason or for the simple reason of the impact of the quality of the players
if you look at the value of the team, Milan should be either first or second, if the quality of the players has a weight, I think this is precisely the weight
despite a coach who isn't among the best, they still win
I think the reason AC Milan is not or has not yet competed with Juventus and Inter Milan in the race for first place in the current standings is because of the problem of consistency which they have often been unable to maintain since the start of the season, AC Milan has lost a lot of points against weak teams (bottom of the actual standings or previously they were very favorites to win, that was AC MIlan's weakness this season.
If we look at strength, I think AC Milan is much better than last season, but now the season is still quite long and there are still many possibilities for AC MIlan to continue the winning trend they are currently getting to be able to enter the competition between Juventus and Inter Milan. .