On Saturday Barcelona made history by becoming the first ever team to win six trophies in a calendar year.

Their dramatic 2-1 defeat of Argentine side Estudiantes in Saturday's World Club Cup final means that Josep Guardiola’s talented team have won six trophies in 2009: the Spanish King's Cup, the Spanish league, the Champions League, the Spanish Supercup, the European Supercup — and now, for the first time in the club's history, the world crown as well.

Guardiola celebrated Barca's “annus mirabilis” by bursting into tears — and then was tossed high by his euphoric players. The final whistle led to noisy street celebrations throughout the autonomous region of Catalonia, celebrations reminiscent of last spring.

Barca’s triumph in Abu Dhabi is front-page news in every Spanish newspaper Sunday, with the headlines proclaiming Guardiola's team to be the best in the world — and even in the history of football.

Goalscorers Pedro and Lionel Messi are singled out for special praise.

Supersub Pedro has created a new record by scoring in six competitions this season, and is now in line to be part of the Spain at the World Cup finals. Messi, for his part, has already won the European Footballer of the Year award and will almost certainly on Madrid be voted FIFA World Player.

Guardiola is quoted as saying that “we will only understand the enormity of what we have achieved a little bit later on.” Joan Laporta — the Barca president now in the final months of his reign — said that “no team will ever be able to improve on this.”