A player re-enters the field of play without the referees permission and interferes with play inside the penalty area. The referee obviously stops play immediately, but does he award a penalty here? Law 3 mentions a direct free kick from the place of interference but there is no mention of a penalty being given if the interference was inside the penalty area. You can't give a direct free kick inside the area so I'm assuming it would be a penalty although it does not say this in the laws? Can anyone with more experience please clarify? Thanks