Heavyweights Brazil outclassed Honduras with a clinical performance in the last Round of 16 tie of the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday.
Marcos Antonio (44') goal was sandwiched between Brenner's brace (11' and 56') which saw them set up a quarter final date with Germany in Kolkata.
Brazil coach Carlos Amadeu made just the one change from the team that beat Niger 2-0 in Goa. Midfielder Alan returned to the starting XI in place of Vitinho.
Honduran coach Jose Valladares sprang no surprises and went in with his main attacking threats - Carlos Mejia and Patrick Palacios - in what seemed to be a 4-5-1 formation.
The Canaries got the ball rolling in the first half and enjoyed much of the possession but the first attempt on goal came courtesy of a long ranger from Gerson Chavez of Honduras which went way wide in the second minute.
But what came afterwards was proper domination by the Selecao who ran rings around the hapless Honduran midfield. Brazilian right-back Wesley was especially involved in the early stages, bombing forward with ease
and putting in fizzing, dangerous crosses.
The two wide attacking men - Brenner and Paulinho - had a couple of early shots before Brazil finally took a deserved lead in the 14th minute. Alan found himself in possession on the right wing and he proceeded to play a lovely
one-two with Wesley which released him into the box. His subsequent cross was laid on a platter for Brenner to tap in to an empty net.
The South Americans continued to boss the game, with Alan impressing considerably. One such sequence saw the diminutive midfielder leave a couple of Honduran midfielders eating the turf before firing a low left-footer which was saved by Alex Rivera at full stretch.
Meanwhile, Honduras were gifted a chance to equalise by a lax Brazilian defence who tried to pass their way out of the back a bit too much. Weverson was caught in possession on the left and Luis Palma drove into the box and unleashed a powerful shot that cannoned back off the upright just after the half-hour mark.
That chance proved to be the encouragement Honduras were looking for as Luis Palma and Santiago Cabrera made a few electric runs on the right wing but the final delivery let them down.
Brazil made them pay just before half-time when Alan, who was enjoying a fine game, combined with Paulinho on the edge of the penalty box before the latter slipped in a fine through ball for Marcos Antonio to run onto. The No.8 made no mistake in slipping an expert finish past the onrushing Rivera as Brazil ended the half on an ecstatic note.
Honduras made an early substituion, taking off the ineffective Patrick Palacios and sending on Kenneth Martinez but that had no effect on Brazil's domination as Carlos Amadeu's boys picked up where they left off.
Paulinho was released into the box by Marcos Antonio but a desperate tackle from a defender foiled Paulinho's attempt to find the net. Luan Candido, who had replaced left-back Weverson, sent in a cross which was almost turned in by Lincoln who was under pressure from the goalkeeper.
But Brazil got their third goal in the 55th minute when Wesley was found in space down the right wing. The enterprising rightback ran at his man before flicking the ball over him to enter the penalty box. However, his attempts to knock the ball in was not so successful, kicking only air in the process, and the ball bounced free to Brenner who simply poked it in for his brace.
A confident Brazil unleashed some spectacular football in the aftermath of that goal as lovely triangular passing between Paulinoh, Brenner and Antonio saw the latter surge into the box but his shot went agonisingly wide.
But, as Brazil took their foot off the pedal, Honduras had several encouraging moments. Luis Palma saw an attempted curler in the 68th minute miss by inches while Carlos Mejia, who had switched to the right flank, unleashed a long ranger that beat Gabriel Brazao in the Brazilian goal hands down but hit the upright again.
The first booking off the game came in the 77th minute when Honduras' Axel Gomez was shown the yellow card for a poor tackle. But that was just about the most interesting the final 15 minutes got with Brazil shutting up shop by holding on to the ball.
Ultimately, the Central Americans were simply outclassed on the night as Brazil setup a high-voltage quarterfinal clash with Germany in Kolkata.