Ya fara aikinsa tare da lambobin yabo a gasar zakarun Turai na Cross Country, yana karɓar lakabi na mutum da na ƙungiya a gasar 2006 sannan ya lashe lambar yabo na 23 a 2008. Ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko a tseren tsere a
2009 Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 'Yan Wasanni na U23, inda ya zama na biyu a tseren mita 10,000 a bayan Mert Girmalegesse na Turkiyya, tsohon Habasha. Bayan nasarar da ya samu a gasar Lotto Cross Cup Brussels a watan Disamba, Lalli ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Italiya ta maza da ta lashe lambar tagulla a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2009.